Category Archives: Patient Experience

Quiet time and patient satisfaction

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Here’s how to access a collection of 17 articles in PubMed.

a. Go to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library homepage (http://health.library.emory.edu)
b. Click on PubMed.
c. Then paste one the three following links into your browser:
htps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/59125496/public/
d. The references will appear in PubMed. Click on a reference and you will see a Find it at Emory on the right side of the page which will provide links to full text within Emory University’s licensed resources. Emory Healthcare staff may send citations of needed articles they are unable to access to Ask a Librarian; a library staff person will request the article(s) from an outside library and email them to the EHC staff person upon arrival.

Here’s the search string that was used: (“quiet time”[tiab] OR “quiet times”[tiab] OR “quiet hour”[tiab] OR “quiet hours”[tiab] OR “quiet period”[tiab] OR “quiet periods”[tiab] OR “quiet schedule”[tiab] OR “quiet schedules”[tiab]) AND (satisfy OR satisfies OR satisfied OR satisfying OR satisfaction OR satisfactions OR Press Ganey OR rate OR rates OR rated OR rating OR ratings OR score OR scores OR scored OR scoring)

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Non-adherence to immunosuppresant therapy in minority renal transplant patients.

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Ajay K. Israni, Francis L. Weng, Ye-Ying Cen, Marshall Joffe, Malek Kamoun, Harold I. Feldman Electronically-measured adherence to immunosuppressive medications and kidney function after deceased donor kidney transplantation Clin Transplant. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Feb 7.

Coelho Gonçalves, P. R., Ferreira Reveles, A., Fernandes Martins, H. I., Rodrigues, I. L., & Miranda Rodrigues, S. M. (2016). Adherence to Immunosuppressive Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Integrative Literature Review. Revista de Enfermagem Referência, 4(8), 121–130

Francis L Weng, Sheenu Chandwani, Karen M Kurtyka, Christopher Zacker, Marie A Chisholm-Burns, Kitaw Demissie Prevalence and correlates of medication non-adherence among kidney transplant recipients more than 6 months post-transplant: a cross-sectional study BMC Nephrol. 2013; 14: 261.

Extending medicare immunosuppressive medication coverage. (2012). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved., 23(1), 20.

Wilkins, L., Nyame, Y., Gan, V., Lin, S., Greene, D., Flechner, S., & Modlin, C. (2018). A Contemporary Analysis of Outcomes and Modifiable Risk Factors of Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplantation. Journal of the National Medical Association., Journal of the National Medical Association. , 2018.

Yadav, K., Vock, D., Matas, A., Robiner, W., & Nevins, T. (n.d.). Medication adherence is associated with an increased risk of cancer in kidney transplant recipients: A cohort study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation., 34(2), 364-370.

De Castro Rodrigues Ferreira, F., Cristelli, M., Paula, M., Proença, H., Felipe, C., Tedesco-Silva, H., & Medina-Pestana, J. (n.d.). Infectious complications as the leading cause of death after kidney transplantation: Analysis of more than 10,000 transplants from a single center. J Nephrol, 30(4), 601-606.

Reese, P., Bloom, R., Trofe-Clark, J., Mussell, A., Leidy, D., Levsky, S., . . . Volpp, K. (n.d.). Automated Reminders and Physician Notification to Promote Immunosuppression Adherence Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Trial. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : AJKD : The Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation., 69(3), 400-409.

Gaynor, J., Ciancio, G., Guerra, G., Sageshima, J., Hanson, L., Roth, D., . . . Burke, G. (n.d.). Graft failure due to noncompliance among 628 kidney transplant recipients with long-term follow-up: A single-center observational study. Transplantation., 97(9), 925-933.

Malat, G., Culkin, C., Palya, A., Ranganna, K., & Kumar, M. (2009). African American kidney transplantation survival: The ability of immunosuppression to balance the inherent pre- and post-transplant risk factors. Drugs., 69(15), 2045-2062.

Brown, K., El-Amm, J., Doshi, M., Singh, A., Cincotta, E., Morawski, K., . . . Gruber, S. (n.d.). Outcome predictors in African-American deceased-donor renal allograft recipients. Clinical Transplantation., 23(4), 454-461.

Continuous vs. intermittent tracheal suctioning

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Seguin, P., Perrichet, H., Pabic, E. L., Launey, Y., Tiercin, M., Corre, R., … Laviolle, B. (2018). Effect of Continuous versus Intermittent Subglottic Suctioning on Tracheal Mucosa by the Mallinckrodt TaperGuard Evac Oral Tracheal Tube in Intensive Care Unit Ventilated Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study. Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 22(1), 1–4.

Rouzé, A., Martin-Loeches, I., & Nseir, S. (2018). Airway Devices in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Pathogenesis and Prevention. Clinics in Chest Medicine., 39(4), 775-783.

Chan, M., Chow, B. K., Lo, T., Ko, F. W., Ng, S. S., Gin, T., & Hui, D. S. (2018). Exhaled air dispersion during bag-mask ventilation and sputum suctioning – Implications for infection control. Scientific reports, 8(1), 198.

Rozycki, S., Dixon, F., Yopp, M., Maxvold, N., & Rubin, B. (n.d.). Endotracheal Tube Seal and Suction Performance in a Novel Biorealistic Tracheal Model. Respiratory Care : The Official Journal of the American Association for Respiratory Therapy., 60(8), 1113-1119.

Suys, E., Nieboer, K., Stiers, W., De Regt, J., Huyghens, L., & Spapen, H. (2013). Intermittent subglottic secretion drainage may cause tracheal damage in patients with few oropharyngeal secretions. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing., 29(6), 317-320.

Pressure changes during tracheal suctioning – a laboratory study. (2013). Anaesthesia., 68(6), 576.

AIDET: Acknowledge, Introduce, Describe, Explain, & Thank the patient.

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Using the Evidence-Based Practice Service Nursing Bundle to Increase Patient Satisfaction. (n.d.). Journal of Emergency Nursing : JEN., 44(1), 37.

Patient Care in Decline: AIDET As a Tool for Improvement. (n.d.). Radiologic Technology, 89(4), 419.

AIDET Keeps Patients Well-Informed in Registration. (n.d.). Hospital Access Management., 35(10), 112.

Utilizing AIDET and other tools to increase patient satisfaction scores. (n.d.). Radiology Management, 34(3), 29.
Patient access is first to implement AIDET. (n.d.). Hospital Access Management., 32(12), 141.

Inpatient leader rounding and patient satisfaction/experience

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Daily Intentional Nurse Leader Rounding on Patients. (n.d.). Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses /, 33(1), 90.

Reid, S. (2017). Improving patient satisfaction scores with digital nurse leader rounding. Health Management Technology, 38(11),

Bundling the value of discharge telephone calls and leader rounding. (n.d.). Journal of Nursing Administration., 39(3), 138.

Leveraging Information Technology to Drive Improvement in Patient Satisfaction. (n.d.). Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality., 32(5), 30.

Effectiveness of nurse leader rounding and post-discharge telephone calls in patient satisfaction: a systematic review Mary Tan Dora Lang JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports2015;13(7) 154 -176

Rounding for outcomes: An evidence-based tool to improve nurse retention, patient safety, and quality of care. (n.d.). Journal of Emergency Nursing : JEN., 36(2), 162.

HCAHPS Series Part 2: Does purposeful leader rounding make a difference? Winter, Melissa MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Tjiong, Linda MSN, DBA, RN, NE-BC Nursing Management (Springhouse): February 2015 – Volume 46 – Issue 2 – p 26–32

Impressing patients while improving HCAHPS. (n.d.). Nursing Management., 43(12), 32.

Morton, Judy C.; Brekhus, Jodi; Reynolds, Megan; and Dykes, Anna Kay (2014) “Improving the patient experience through nurse leader rounds Experience Journal: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 10.