Criteria for unavoidable pressure ulcers

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Seven articles were found that provide information on criteria for unavoidable pressure ulcers.

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Vasopressor agents and development of pressure ulcers

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Five articles were found that provide evidence on patients’ usage of vasopressor agents and subsequent development of pressure ulcers.

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Literature on fall reduction, specifically in the cognitively/neurologically impaired

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Medical Education & Technologies Informationist searched PubMed with some of these following terms: cognitive function, cognitive impairment, nervous system disease, neurological impairment, and accident falls/prevention.

You can see the full search here.

Below are some of the articles that were found with the search.

Lipardo DS, Aseron AMC, Kwan MM, Tsang WW. Effect of Exercise and Cognitive Training on Falls and Fall-Related Factors in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017Oct;98(10):2079-2096. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.04.021. Epub 2017 May 26. Review.
PubMed PMID: 28554873. Full text

Jensen L, Padilla R. Effectiveness of Environment-Based Interventions That Address Behavior, Perception, and Falls in People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Major Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review. Am J Occup Ther. 2017 Sep/Oct;71(5):7105180030p1-7105180030p10. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.027409. PubMed PMID: 28809653.

Lach HW, Harrison BE, Phongphanngam S. Falls and Fall Prevention in Older Adults With Early-Stage Dementia: An Integrative Review. Res Gerontol Nurs. 2017
May 1;10(3):139-148. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20160908-01. Epub 2016 Sep 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 27665756.

Rushton C. Problematising the problem: a critical interpretive review of the literature pertaining to older people with cognitive impairment who fall while hospitalised. Nurs Inq. 2016 Jun;23(2):148-57. doi: 10.1111/nin.12126. Epub 2016 Feb 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 26833849.

Gunn H, Markevics S, Haas B, Marsden J, Freeman J. Systematic Review: The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Falls and Improve Balance in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Oct;96(10):1898-912. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.05.018. Epub 2015 Jun 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 26070975. Full text

Bhidayasiri R, Jitkritsadakul O, Boonrod N, Sringean J, Calne SM, Hattori N, Hayashi A. What is the evidence to support home environmental adaptation in Parkinson’s disease? A call for multidisciplinary interventions. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Oct;21(10):1127-32. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.08.025. Epub 2015 Aug 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 26365779. Full text

Booth V, Hood V, Kearney F. Interventions incorporating physical and cognitive elements to reduce falls risk in cognitively impaired older adults: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2015 Sep 16;13(8):5-13. doi: 10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2220. Review. PubMed PMID: 26455930. Full text

Sosnoff JJ, Sung J. Reducing falls and improving mobility in multiple sclerosis. Expert Rev Neurother. 2015 Jun;15(6):655-66. doi: 10.1586/14737175.2015.1046377. Epub 2015 May 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 25973774.

Burton E, Cavalheri V, Adams R, Browne CO, Bovery-Spencer P, Fenton AM, Campbell BW, Hill KD. Effectiveness of exercise programs to reduce falls in older people with dementia living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Interv Aging. 2015 Feb 9;10:421-34. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S71691. eCollection 2015. Review. PubMed PMID: 25709416; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4330004. Full text

Chan WC, Yeung JW, Wong CS, Lam LC, Chung KF, Luk JK, Lee JS, Law AC. Efficacy of physical exercise in preventing falls in older adults with cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Feb;16(2):149-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.08.007. Epub 2014 Oct 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 25304179. Full text

Ayoubi F, Launay CP, Annweiler C, Beauchet O. Fear of falling and gait variability in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Jan;16(1):14-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.020. Epub 2014 Sep 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 25230892. Full text

Guo JL, Tsai YY, Liao JY, Tu HM, Huang CM. Interventions to reduce the number of falls among older adults with/without cognitive impairment: an exploratory meta-analysis. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Jul;29(7):661-9. doi: 10.1002/gps.4056. Epub 2013 Dec 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 24318959.

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Use of PCA pump for pain management of sickle cell patients in the emergency room.

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Cho, G., Anie, K., Buckton, J., Kiilu, P., Layton, M., Alexander, L., . . . Meredith. (2016). SWIM (sickle with ibuprofen and morphine) randomised controlled trial fails to recruit: Lessons learnt. BMJ Open., 6(6), E011276.

Kavanagh, P., Sprinz, P., Wolfgang, T., Killius, K., Champigny, M., Sobota, A., . . . Moses, J. (2015). Improving the Management of Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics /, 136(4), E1016-E1025.

Telfer, P., Bahal, N., Lo, A., & Challands, J. (n.d.). Management of the acute painful crisis in sickle cell disease- a re-evaluation of the use of opioids in adult patients. British Journal of Haematology., 166(2), 157-164.

Uprety, D., Baber, A., & Foy, M. (n.d.). Ketamine infusion for sickle cell pain crisis refractory to opioids: A case report and review of literature. Annals of Hematology., 93(5), 769-771.

Emergency provider analgesic practices and attitudes toward patients with sickle cell disease. (2013). Annals of Emergency Medicine : Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians., 62(4), Annals of emergency medicine : journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. , 2013, Vol.62(4).

Nurse-patient ratios and patient satisfaction

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Follow these instructions to access 20 relevant articles in PubMed.
a. Go to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library homepage at http://health.library.emory.edu
b. Click on PubMed.
c. Then copy and paste this link into your browser address bar: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/54009478/public/
d. The references will appear in PubMed. Click on a reference, and you will see a Find it at Emory to the right of it which will provide availability for full text. If you are an Emory Healthcare employee who is not able to access full text, you may submit citation(s) to Ask a Librarian. Library staff will get article(s) for you and email them to you.

A few of the references are included in the collection because of their inclusion in a table listing articles about patient satisfaction in the following systematic review.

​Lang, T. A., Hodge, M., Olson, V., Romano, P. S., & Kravitz, R. L. (2004). Nurse-patient ratios: a systematic review on the effects of nurse staffing on patient, nurse employee, and hospital outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(7-8), 326-337.

Bedside shift report and patient safety & satisfaction

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Wollenhaup, C., Stevenson, E., Thompson, J., Gordon, H., & Nunn, G. (n.d.). Implementation of a Modified Bedside Handoff for a Postpartum Unit. Journal of Nursing Administration., 47(6), 320-326.

Ferguson, T., & Howell, T. (2015). Bedside Reporting: Protocols for Improving Patient Care. The Nursing Clinics of North America., 50(4), 735-747.

Taylor, J. (n.d.). Improving Patient Safety and Satisfaction . Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 19(4), 414-416.

Lin, M., Heisler, S., Fahey, L., McGinnis, J., & Whiffen, T. (n.d.). Nurse Knowledge Exchange Plus: Human-Centered Implementation for Spread and Sustainability. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety., 41(7), 303-312.

Petrovic, M., Aboumatar, H., Scholl, A., Gill, R., Krenzischek, D., Camp, M., . . . Martinez, E. (n.d.). The perioperative handoff protocol: Evaluating impacts on handoff defects and provider satisfaction in adult perianesthesia care units. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia., 27(2), 111-119.

Salani, D. (n.d.). Implementation of shift report at the bedside to promote patient- and family-centered care in a pediatric critical care unit. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development., 31(2), 81-86.

Gregory, S., Tan, D., Tilrico, M., Edwardson, N., & Gamm, L. (2014). Bedside shift reports: What does the evidence say? Journal of Nursing Administration., 44(10), 541-545.

Vines, M., Dupler, A., Van Son, C., & Guido, G. (n.d.). Improving client and nurse satisfaction through the utilization of bedside report. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development., 30(4), 166-73; quiz E1.

Prevention of central line and catheter associated bloodstream infections.

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Gilbert, R., Mok, Q., Dwan, K., Harron, T., Moitt, M., Millar, P., . . . Gamble. (n.d.). Impregnated central venous catheters for prevention of bloodstream infection in children (the CATCH trial): A randomised controlled trial. The Lancet., 387(10029), 1732-1742.

Catheter impregnation, coating or bonding for reducing central venous catheter-related infections in adults. (n.d.). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews., 3, The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. , 2016, Vol.3.

Hugill, K. (n.d.). Preventing bloodstream infection in IV therapy. Br J Nurs, 26(14), S4-S10.

Nuckols, T., Keeler, E., Morton, S., Anderson, L., Doyle, B., Booth, M., . . . Shekelle, P. (2016). Economic Evaluation of Quality Improvement Interventions for Bloodstream Infections Related to Central Catheters: A Systematic Review. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176(12), 1843-1854.

Jeanes, A., & Bitmead, J. (n.d.). Reducing bloodstream infection with a chlorhexidine gel IV dressing. Br J Nurs, 24(19), S14-S19.

Marang-van de Mheen, P., & Van Bodegom-Vos, L. (n.d.). Meta-analysis of the central line bundle for preventing catheter-related infections: A case study in appraising the evidence in quality improvement. BMJ Quality & Safety., 25(2), 118-129.

Cho, Sun Young, Chung, Doo Ryeon, Ryu, Jae Geum, Choi, Jong Rim, Ahn, Nayeon, Kim, Seonwoo, . . . Song, Jae-Hoon. (n.d.). Impact of Targeted Interventions on Trends in Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection: A Single-Center Experience From the Republic of Korea. Critical Care Medicine., 45(6), E552-E558.

Ista, E., Van der Hoven, B., Kornelisse, R., Van der Starre, C., Vos, M., Boersma, E., & Helder, O. (n.d.). Effectiveness of insertion and maintenance bundles to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream infections in critically ill patients of all ages: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases., 16(6), 724-734.