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21. Fallpxtool3M (doc file)
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    November 14, 2011 - Ensure call bell explained and in reach. … Ensure eyesight is checked and patient is wearing glasses if needed. … Ensure glasses/hearing aid are worn or within reach. … If patient is likely to fall from bed, ensure bed is at the lowest possible height unless this would … Ensure medical staff, physical therapist, occupational therapist, social worker, and others on the team

22. TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency Module: Patient Language Process Map (pdf file)
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    July 25, 2012 - Ensure that interpreter is present for entire encounter Who? How? … Ensure that interpreter is fully informed and integrated into team Who? How? LEP

23. Section 2: Explanation of Key Team Leadership Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - To ensure that trainings reach all affected team members, it is essential to know which teams are targeted … Speaking in lay terms to ensure that patients and family caregivers understand the information being … Core Teams should be small enough to ensure situation monitoring, development of situation awareness, … Coordination functions, such as triaging emerging events and prioritizing decision making to ensure maximal … Manage and allocate resources effectively to ensure that team members have what they need to succeed.

24. Sustaining Stewardship Activities Acute Care (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - All of these are acceptable options, although having physician backing is always helpful to ensure … To maintain enthusiasm and to ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner, you may want to consider … You should ensure that your stewardship program has a clear mission statement and that the mission … You should also ensure that there is a method in place for extracting and reviewing antibiotic usage … Finally, you should ensure that you have a multidisciplinary antibiotic stewardship committee meeting

25. Chapter 1. Environmental Scan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - explored the results from a variety of search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others to ensure … Determine Inclusion Once a program was identified, we then applied a set of inclusion criteria to ensure … To ensure the above criteria were applied properly, researchers conducted a pilot test using five patient … To ensure that the inclusion criteria would be applied consistently, AIR conducted a frame-of-reference … training with all researchers to ensure a shared mental model of appropriate criteria application.

26. How to Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - For this reason, surge facility plans and prearrangements must be reviewed periodically to ensure that … However, there should also be big-picture management team oversight to ensure that nothing is missed … Action Checklist Management team leader checks in with each team member to ensure that facility opening … However, there should also be big-picture management team oversight to ensure that smooth operations … However, there should also be big-picture management team oversight to ensure that facility shutdown

27. About TeamSTEPPS 2.0 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - The key objective is to ensure opportunities exist to implement the tools and strategies taught, practice … Ensure leaders emphasize new skills. … The goal is for leaders to engage in activities that will ensure continuous involvement in teamwork. … It is useful to ensure that measurement of pretraining factors is parallel with post-training factors … The change team should determine when organizational needs have changed and ensure the sustainment plan

28. Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Ensure privacy and good lighting.     5. … Ensure all supplies are conveniently positioned.     2. … Prepare the antiseptic solution; ensure the resident is not allergic to iodine. … Consider attaching catheter to drainage system now, if not already attached, and ensure the drainage … Ensure the tubing in not kinked and the drainage bag is below the level of the bladder.

29. CUSP Toolkit, The Role of the Nurse Manager, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2012 - As part of their administrative duties, nurse managers can ensure the unit has the resources it needs … When hiring staff, nurse managers ensure the unit's staffing needs are met in the most economical way … Customer Focus Say: Nurse managers ensure the care delivered on their unit is customer focused. … By engaging these customers, nurse managers ensure the unit is able to deliver the highest quality of … Staffing costs Nurse managers ensure staffing costs remain within the budgeted amounts.

30. TeamSTEPPS Pocket Guide (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2023 - Communication Page 6 Closed-Loop Communication Using verbal feedback to ensure that messages … Monitoring and Modifying the Plan y Huddle—Ad hoc meeting to ensure continual progression of care … team outcome): Results from each team member maintaining situation awareness and communicating to ensure … that could alter the plan of care Uses STAR to prevent skill-based errors Fosters communication to ensure … that could alter the plan of care Uses STAR to prevent skill-based errors Fosters communication to ensure

31. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Engaging Senior Leaders in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2022 - It is important to evaluate the preferred, most effective communication modality as well as ensure that … : • Ensure your work is supportive of organization-wide mission, vision, and values. … Ensure that the senior leader knows of their efforts in order to show gratitude for their role. … Senior leaders can take these actions to ensure they are supporting the team working to reduce CLABSI … and CAUTI: • Ensure organization-wide mission, vision, and values are focused on patient safety and

32. Pocket Guide: TeamSTEPPS: Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Structure Identification of the components of a multi-team system that must work together effectively to ensure … Nurse: “BP is 96/62” 11 Communication Check-Back Using closed-loop communication to ensure that … Sender double-checks to ensure that the message was received Example: Doctor: “Give 25 mg Benadryl … behaviors Situation Monitoring Monitors the state of the patient Monitors fellow team members to ensure … toward the goal and identifies changes that could alter the care plan Fosters communication to ensure

33. Appendix A. SIDM Competencies To Improve Diagnosis and Suggested Questions for Debriefing Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - What are some additional resources you and the team could use to ensure an accurate diagnosis? … What communication tools or strategies can be used to ensure that the other team is receiving complete … What tools do you have to ensure that patient followup and any pending results are not forgotten?   … What systems are in place here to ensure that appropriate followup has occurred? … If not, what are your next steps to ensure they are heard?   S-2.

34. Fallpxtool4D (doc file)
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    January 29, 2013 - Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts. … strategies for building new practices into daily routine Refine preliminary implementation plan Ensure

35. Equipment and Supplies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Team leader checks in with each team member to ensure that facility opening activities are underway. … Action Checklist Team leader conducts periodic checks with each team member to ensure continuation … Once finalized, these arrangements should be reviewed every 6 months to ensure that readiness is maintained … Question the service about competing contractual obligations to ensure their availability when needed … The discharging facility must ensure that the necessary medications and equipment are available at the

36. Transforming Health Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Conditions Using Tailored Health Information Technology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - their clinicians more effectively manage their complex health conditions—is one of the best ways to ensure … However, care management for these patients requires a high level of coordination to ensure patient-centered … continued to use this health IT system for their quality improvement, care coordination efforts, and to ensure … protocols into interoperable and sharable clinical decision support, tailored for each patient, to ensure

37. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Instructions for Use Purpose Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure … Ensure the order for the catheter and balloon size matches the inserted IUC. 2. … Ensure the IUC is inserted into the device.   4. … Ensure the tubing does not go in and out of the urethra during cleaning. 10. … Ensure that the drainage bag is secured below the level of the bladder at all times and not resting on

38. Role of the Nurse Manager, Unit Team Lead
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    July 07, 2012 - Financial Responsibility Nurse managers oversee all fiscal aspects of their unit Nurse managers ensure … the accurate standards of clinical competency for the safe care of the unit’s patients Nurse managers ensure … quality of care: - Understand key quality and safety improvement measures - Lead staff training to ensure … the safest care for patients - Ensure staff access to necessary equipment Alignment With Organizational … Goals5 Nurse managers ensure that the unit’s daily activities are aligned with organizational goals.

39. TeamSTEPPS® Essentials Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2019 - Manage and allocate resources effectively to ensure team members have what they need to be successful … Doing so helps ensure that everyone on the team is "on the same page." … Return to Contents I'M SAFE Checklist Awareness of your own condition to ensure that you are … Monitors fellow team members to ensure safety and prevent errors. … Fosters communication to ensure team members have a shared mental model.

40. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Empowering Nurses To Implement Nurse-Driven Protocols for Reducing CAUTI in the ICU Setting (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2022 - • Ensure the protocol is simple and easy to follow. … • Ensure participation of urology and gynecology physician leadership in the development of the protocol … Ensure every ICU has at least one bladder scanner. … • Ensure the clinical areas have a structured IMC kit to help ensure that steps in the procedure are … • Ensure clear and easy identification, visualization, and catheter insertion date for clinicians