Download or read book Capstone Project Significance of Hourly Rounding written by Amy E. Avila and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capstone written by Nichole A. Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rate of falls among patients in the acute care hospital setting continues to be an important issue in nursing. Many falls can be prevented with the implementation of proper interventions. Intentional hourly rounding is one such intervention that has been proven through research to be an effective measure in reducing the rate of patient falls. Intentional hourly rounding requires staff to round on patients on an hourly basis addressing basic care needs. Those needs include pain, potty, position, and placement of frequently used objects. This project focuses on the implementation of an hourly rounding initiative on an acute care unit. Outcomes are evaluated through the use of rounding log reviews, fall rate comparisons, and staff surveys. Fall rate data will be gathered for the six month period before implementation of the rounding process and for the six month trial period. Rounding logs are kept in each patient room and staff are expected to initial the log each time they round on the patient. Staff will be expected to complete a survey regarding the usefulness and adaptability of the hourly rounding process. By evaluating the completeness of the rounding logs and surveying staff attitudes toward the process, the researcher will have the ability to determine if the hourly rounding process is being fully applied. Results of the initiative will be disseminated to nursing staff, management, and the nursing community as a whole through a process of meetings and conferences. Information will be made available regarding fall rates and patient satisfaction.
Download or read book Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Healthcare written by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, 5th Edition, is a bestselling, easy-to-use guide to translating research findings to nursing practice and applying practice data for superior clinical decision-making. Using conversational writing, inspiring quotes, and an enhanced, case-based approach, AJN award-winning authors Bernadette Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt demystify evidence-based practice to help students deliver optimal patient care and become better nurses.
Download or read book Significance of Hourly Rounding written by Rugiatu Mansaray and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patient falls remain a common detrimental incident in an acute care setting. Studies have shown that inpatient falls are the second largest category of reported adverse events, and are estimated to cost more than $20 billion a year. It is predicted that the cost of fall injuries will reach $43.8billion dollars by 2020.Research had shown that implementing hourly rounding in an acute care setting will reduce harm to patients, and increase patient's satisfaction. Hourly rounding is a planned method by which nurses and other health care workers performed checks on patients at a given time to assess, and care their basic needs. The purpose of hourly rounding is to decrease harm to patients such as, falls, pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, as well as increase patient's satisfaction. The aim is to explore the implementation and use of hourly rounding, and its effectiveness in improving patient care, decreasing hospital cost, and length of stay.
Download or read book Hourly Rounding written by Sarah Nakawaki and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of hourly rounding in nursing care has been supported by research and evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes. Research has indicated that by regularly rounding on patients in a purposeful manner, such as addressing pain, toileting, positioning needs and placing important and personal items within reach of the patient decreases the incidences of patient falls and increases patient satisfaction (Meade, Bursell, and Ketelsen, 2006). An hourly rounding protocol already is in place at Hoag Hospital, but patient falls and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers still continue to happen. Hoag Hospital can greatly benefit by re-educating nursing staff and nursing assistants on proper hourly rounding protocol, including rationale for hourly rounding and important factors to address with patients. A chime will also be introduced to ring when hourly rounding is performed, every one hour for day shift and every two hours for night shift, to gently remind staff to round on their patients. The staff can also benefit by reinforcing the importance of hourly rounding through the yearly house side mandatory review session accessed through the hospital's intranet website. This proposal will include an implementation plan that shows the positive benefits implementing hourly rounding re-education given to nurses and nursing assistants has improved patient outcomes, specifically improved patient safety as seen by a decrease in falls, and improved patient satisfaction. In addition, evaluation of the findings as well as disseminating them to all unit department directors and the nursing community will be discussed.
Download or read book Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing written by Ruth M. Kleinpell and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Download or read book Significance of Hourly Rounding and Patient Falls written by Loretta Watson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Professional Capstone Change Project Sharpening the Focus on the Patient Experience written by Amy M. Selegue and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of the Affordable Care Act and new reimbursement guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that patient satisfaction become a top priority in the nation's hospitals. Studies have shown that patient-centered care helps to increase patient satisfaction which can, in turn, positively effect HCAHPS scores. Many institutions are already implementing patient-centered strategies such as AIDET and hourly rounding, however to help facilitate the provision of patient-centered care and improve the patient experience, more and more hospitals are utilizing Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC) and in-house patient experience leaders. The author completed a systematic review of over 15 peer-reviewed journal articles along with information from various sources and entities that focus on improving the patient experience. The author also received feedback from healthcare professionals, including a working Patient Experience Coordinator, to better understand the concepts of patient-centered care and how it affects both patients and the organization. After completing the review, the author developed a proposal with the intent of facilitating the delivery of patient-centered care at Northwest Medical Center (NMC) in Tucson, Arizona. The proposal consists of garnering support from senior management to create a position for a designated patient experience leader in the hospital, as well as establishing a Patient and Family Advisory Council at NMC. With the support of leadership, information would be provided to staff regarding the new initiatives and any questions or concerns would be addressed. To evaluate the effectiveness of the programs once they are established, surveys would be distributed to patients and employees prior to implementation and then six months afterward with the hope of determining if the PFAC and patient experience leader had a positive impact on patient satisfaction and HCAHPS scores. The data discovered through research for this project highlights the fact that patientcentered care has a positive effect on patient satisfaction and even patient health outcomes. Hospitals must place more of a focus on this area than ever before, not only because it is the ethical thing to do, but also because it can effect a hospital's financial viability. It is the intent of the author to promote this evidence and further emphasize the need for focused patient experience efforts in today's hospitals.
Download or read book Health Systems Thinking written by James A. Johnson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a primer focusing on systems thinking as it spans the domains of health administration, public health, and clinical practice. Currently, the accrediting commissions within public health, health administration, and nursing are including systems thinking as part of the core competencies in their respective fields and professions. Meanwhile, academic programs do not have the materials, other than journal articles, to give students the requisite understanding of systems thinking as is expected of the next generation of health professionals. This primer is designed to meet that void and serve as a supplemental reading for this important and timely topic. This is the only book of its kind that provides a broad introduction and demonstration of the application of health systems thinking.
Download or read book DNP Capstone Projects written by Barbara A. Anderson and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Download or read book Clinical Nurse Leaders Beyond the Microsystem written by James L. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Nurse Leaders Beyond the Microsystem: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition is a core resource for CNLs which imparts the competencies necessary to lead improvement teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in any healthcare setting.
Download or read book Capstone Design Courses written by Jay Goldberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biomedical engineering senior capstone design course is probably the most important course taken by undergraduate biomedical engineering students. It provides them with the opportunity to apply what they have learned in previous years; develop their communication (written, oral, and graphical), interpersonal (teamwork, conflict management, and negotiation), project management, and design skills; and learn about the product development process. It also provides students with an understanding of the economic, financial, legal, and regulatory aspects of the design, development, and commercialization of medical technology. The capstone design experience can change the way engineering students think about technology, society, themselves, and the world around them. It gives them a short preview of what it will be like to work as an engineer. It can make them aware of their potential to make a positive contribution to health care throughout the world and generate excitement for and pride in the engineering profession. Working on teams helps students develop an appreciation for the many ways team members, with different educational, political, ethnic, social, cultural, and religious backgrounds, look at problems. They learn to value diversity and become more willing to listen to different opinions and perspectives. Finally, they learn to value the contributions of nontechnical members of multidisciplinary project teams. Ideas for how to organize, structure, and manage a senior capstone design course for biomedical and other engineering students are presented here. These ideas will be helpful to faculty who are creating a new design course, expanding a current design program to more than the senior year, or just looking for some ideas for improving an existing course. Contents: I. Purpose, Goals, and Benefits / Why Our Students Need a Senior Capstone Design Course / Desired Learning Outcomes / Changing Student Attitudes, Perceptions, and Awarenesss / Senior Capstone Design Courses and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Outcomes / II. Designing a Course to Meet Student Needs / Course Management and Required Deliverables / Projects and Project Teams / Lecture Topics / Intellectual Property Confidentiality Issues in Design Projects / III. Enhancing the Capstone Design Experience / Industry Involvement in Capstone Design Courses / Developing Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy / Providing Students with a Clinical Perspective / Service Learning Opportunities / Collaboration with Industrial Design Students / National Student Design Competitions / Organizational Support for Senior Capstone Design Courses / IV. Meeting the Changing Needs of Future Engineers / Capstone Design Courses and the Engineer of 2020
Download or read book Translation of Evidence Into Nursing and Healthcare written by Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A DOODY’S CORE TITLE! Designed as both a text for the DNP curriculum and a practical resource for seasoned health professionals, this acclaimed book demonstrates the importance of using an interprofessional approach to translating evidence into nursing and healthcare practice in both clinical and nonclinical environments. This third edition reflects the continuing evolution of translation frameworks by expanding the Methods and Process for Translation section and providing updated exemplars illustrating actual translation work in population health, specialty practice, and the healthcare delivery system. It incorporates important new information about legal and ethical issues, the institutional review process for quality improvement and research, and teamwork and building teams for translation. In addition, an unfolding case study on translation is threaded throughout the text. Reorganized for greater ease of use, the third edition continues to deliver applicable theory and practical strategies to lead translation efforts and meet DNP core competency requirements. It features a variety of relevant change-management theories and presents strategies for improving healthcare outcomes and quality and safety. It also addresses the use of evidence to improve nursing education, discusses how to reduce the divide between researchers and policy makers, and describes the interprofessional collaboration imperative for our complex healthcare environment. Consistently woven throughout are themes of integration and application of knowledge into practice. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION: Expands the Methods and Process for Translation section Provides updated exemplars illustrating translation work in population health, specialty practice, and the healthcare delivery system Offers a new, more user-friendly format Includes an entire new section, Enablers of Translation Delivers expanded information on legal and ethical issues Presents new chapter, Ethical Responsibilities of Translation of Evidence and Evaluation of Outcomes Weaves an unfolding case study on translation throughout the text KEY FEATURES: Delivers applicable theories and strategies that meet DNP core requirements Presents a variety of relevant change-management theories Offers strategies for improving outcomes and quality and safety Addresses the use of evidence to improve nursing education Discusses how to reduce the divide between researchers and policy makers Supplies extensive lists of references, web links, and other resources to enhance learning Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers
Download or read book The Entry Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone written by Elizabeth DeIuliis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of The Entry Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone: A Framework for The Experience and Project is to provide a step-by-step guide for the development, planning, implementation and dissemination of the entry-level occupational therapy doctoral capstone experience and project. The first entry-level occupational therapy doctorate program was established in 1999, but even now there is a scarcity of occupational therapy resources to guide faculty, prepare students and to socialize mentors to the capstone experience and project. The Entry Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone by Drs. Elizabeth DeIuliis and Julie Bednarski is the first available resource in the field of occupational therapy devoted to the doctoral capstone. Each chapter provides sample resources and useful documents appropriate for use with occupational therapy doctoral students, faculty, capstone coordinators and site mentors. Included Inside: Templates to develop the MOU, individualized doctoral student objectives, and evaluations Examples of how to structure capstone project proposals Learning activities to guide the literature search and development of a problem statement Strategies of how to approach sustainability and program evaluation of the capstone project Recommendations for structure and formatting of the final written document Additional scholarly products derived from the project Other scholarly deliverables including formats for professional presentations and submissible papers The Entry Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone: A Framework for The Experience and Project will be the first of its kind to serve as a textbook to provide recommendations that will benefit various stakeholders among the capstone team.
Download or read book Initiating and Sustaining the Clinical Nurse Leader Role written by James L. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initiating and Sustaining the Clinical Nurse Leader Role, Third Edition illustrates the influence of clinical nurse leaders on care coordination, health promotion, and high-performance inter-professional care teams. The Third Edition will move beyond the 2007 American Association of Colleges of Nursing CNL White Paper and incorporate the CNL Competencies introduced in October 2013. This text presents a bold agenda for CNL practice, one that promotes value in the transformation of clinical care redesign. The Third Edition will cover the following: • Moving beyond the triple aim toward the quadruple aim • Increased emphasis on a new healthcare environment where CNLs practice • The clinical value compass for improving care • Care transitions and the CNL • Health policy engagement and advocacy • Population health and management • Inter-professional collaboration • Resource mindfulness • Project management tools, scope, design, and evaluation • Incorporating the 5Ps and models for improvement • Exemplars of CNL impacts across care settings • CNL certification, professional membership, and residency programs value • Vision for CNLs in 2020
Download or read book The Employee Experience written by Jane McLeod and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Employee Experience: A Capstone Guide to Peak Performance'' is a book about people--celebrating people, appreciating people, letting them be heard, engaging them in meaningful ways, and leading them to greatness.
Download or read book Evidence Based Practice in Action Comprehensive Strategies Tools and Tips From University of Iowa Hospitals Clinics Second Edition written by Laura Cullen and published by Sigma Theta Tau. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Building on extensive real-life experience with EBP, this expert team from University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics provides vital guidance to clinicians at the cutting edge of care improvement.” –Kathleen R. Stevens, EdD, MS, RN, ANEF, FAAN Castella Endowed Distinguished Professor School of Nursing and Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (CTSA) University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio “This new edition is essential for all who want to deliver evidence-based care. Beautifully organized, it is readable, practical, and user-friendly.” –Kathleen C. Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita, University of Iowa College of Nursing Distinguished Nurse Scientist in Aging, Reynolds Center Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, College of Nursing “Evidence-Based Practice in Action, Second Edition, will continue to ensure high-quality, evidence-based care is implemented in healthcare systems across the country — and the world. It should also be a well-worn tool in every implementation scientist’s toolkit. –Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Associate Director for Engagement, Integration and Implementation Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa Translate knowledge, research, and clinical expertise into action. The biggest barrier to effective evidence-based practice (EBP) is the failure to effectively translate available knowledge, research, and clinical expertise into action. This failure is rarely due to lack of information, understanding, or experience. In fact, it usually comes down to a simple lack of tools and absence of a clear plan to integrate EBP into care. Problem solved: Evidence-Based Practice in Action, Second Edition, is a time-tested, application-oriented EBP resource for any EBP process model and is organized based on The Iowa Model Revised: Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Excellence in Health Care. This book offers a proven, detailed plan to help nurses and healthcare professionals promote and achieve EBP implementation, adoption, sustained use. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Identify Triggering Issues/Opportunities Chapter 2: State the Question or Purpose Chapter 3: Is This Topic a Priority? Chapter 4: Form a Team Chapter 5: Assemble, Appraise, and Synthesize Body of Evidence Chapter 6: Is There Sufficient Evidence? Chapter 7: Design and Pilot the Practice Change Chapter 8: Evaluation Chapter 9: Implementation Chapter 10: Is Change Appropriate for Adoption in Practice? Chapter 11: Integrate and Sustain the Practice Change Chapter 12: Disseminate Results Appendix A: The Iowa Model Revised: Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Excellence in Health Care Appendix B: Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework Appendix C: Select Evidence-Based Practice Models Appendix D: Glossary
