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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/actionplan-trip-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - SAY:
Solicit feedback from all stakeholders, such as the charge nurse, unit nurses, respiratory therapists … Slide 11
Unit-Based GAP Analysis
SAY:
The American of Association of Critical Care Nurses, or AACN … SAY:
Your nurse might respond, “Well, because I don’t have a standard order. … Start your test very small, such as a single nurse, shift, or patient. … One patient room or one nurse?
When will the test occur? One week or one shift?
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Intensive Care Unit
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Ginger Dickens, MSN, RN, CNML, CCRN
Nurse … admissions require Intensivist consult
60% BSN or higher (39 BSN and 4 MSN)
47% CCRN Certified Nurses … Do you feel comfortable using the nurse driven protocol for removal? … removal without physician’s order:
Have to keep checking back with, educating staff\
Lead charge nurses … Event Analysis
Team notification – Nurse Manager, Medical Director, and Frontline staff notification
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/shadowing.doc
April 02, 2025 - If you shadowed a nurse:
Was the nurse’s page or phone call returned quickly when there was an … Were patient medications available to the nurse when they were due? … How did the nurse react if the medication was late (e.g., anxious, angry, upset)?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.pdf
January 01, 2012 - contributed to significant
increases in CAHPS Hospital Survey scores in the
domains of communication with nurses … Michigan, implementing patient-and family-
centered care practices led to a decrease in the average
nurse … million over 5 years.21 As another example,
Bronson’s experience engaging patients and families in
nurse … bedside change-of-shift report increased both
nurse and physician satisfaction, as assessed with a … Nurse shift report: who says
you can't talk in front of the patient?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/timeline.html
December 01, 2014 - Two team leaders may co-lead project activities; one is a nurse and the second can be from nursing or … Ad hoc team members include wound care staff, staff educator, physicians, nurses, and rehabilitation … identify problems in, for example, CNA documentation completeness, and may find it necessary to have the nurse … Likely champions for each nursing unit are the nurse managers, with backup support by the QI department … for ensuring that On-Time process improvements are carried out on each nursing unit and holds each nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/icu-assessment.docx
April 01, 2022 - ______________________________________________________________________
What is your unit’s usual registered … nurse-to-patient ratio? … ICU management □ Physician support and/or engagement
□ Ownership by senior leadership □ Number of nurses … ICU management □ Physician support and/or engagement
□ Ownership by senior leadership □ Number of nurses … Quality manager
Infection preventionist
Nurse
Physician
Unit leader
Other (please specify): ________
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January 01, 2014 - critical care nurse, educator, and education department manager. … means physicians that come on board, new assistant if you have nursing assistants, new assistants, new nurses … In 2013, we could call all of our critical care nurses back through a documentation review. … They sent that to infection prevention and to the nurse manager. … It's on every charge nurse meeting agenda.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/index.html
June 01, 2021 - The presentations about integration of the bedside nurse and the microbiology lab into the stewardship … Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing
Sustaining Stewardship Activities
The Role of the Bedside Nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/publications/pubcomguide/Shooting-Script-How-to.pdf
July 01, 2024 - Sample Script Segment
VISUALS AUDIO
Nurse Jamie Nelson
Patient Paul Jackson
Fade in and come up … Frame shot as a loose mid 2-shot so that Nurse Jamie
will have room to walk into the frame. … Nurse Jamie Nelson walks into the shot from the
left side of the frame to the patient. … Nurse Nelson is
gloved and gowned. She will stand camera left of Mr.
Jackson. …
Nurse: Hello, Mr. Jackson. How was your
shower?
Mr.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/delirium-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Crit Care Nurse. 2018;38(1):38-49. doi:
10.4037/ccn2018633.
14. … Clin Nurse Spec. 2011;25(6):299-311. doi: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318234897b.
27. … A preoperative, nurse-led intervention program reduces acute postoperative
delirium. … screening tools
to detect delirium in
patients with
neuroscience
diagnoses
Pre-post design; 47
registered … Moderate
LaFever et
al., 201516
Delirium education
program to increase
oncology registered
nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6kculturalcompetence.html
March 01, 2020 - members believing that their provider always/usually listens carefully. 7
Health Plan Offers Nurse … managed care organization, developed and aggressively marketed a 24-hour bilingual (English and Spanish) nurse … Eight bilingual registered nurses staff the line, which replaced a traditional advice line where nurses … After Molina introduced its bilingual nurse advice line, calls from Spanish-speaking members increased … Source: AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange. 24-Hour, Bilingual Nurse Line Provides Advice and Interpreter
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-051215.pptx
February 01, 2015 - Infection Preventionist
Physician
Nurse leader or nurse educator
Bedside nurse
Other…
3
Quality Improvement … Major Breaks in Sterility
Category Frequency (%) Examples
Contamination of sterile field 22 (27%) Nurse … Nurse inserting catheter ripped her sterile gloves, did not get new ones. … of 10
Assessed RN & Onc Tech
Experienced & novice
Polling Question
Does your institution allow Nurse … Techs/Nurse Aides to insert Foley?
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/collection-tools.html
February 01, 2017 - your clinic and their FTEs:
Staff Title
# Staff
FTEs
Staff Title
# Staff
FTEs
Nurse … practitioner
Psychologist
Registered nurse
Optometrist
… What are the roles and functions of the nurse practitioners on your medical team? … (Check all that apply)
There are no nurse practitioners in our clinic
Triage of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/patient-chg-showering-poster.docx
March 01, 2022 - Ask your nurse to help you clean lines, tubes, drains, or wounds that were covered for showering. … If needed, ask your nurse for CHG-compatible lotion to moisturize.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/professional-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - If you shadowed a nurse:
Was the nurse’s page or phone call returned quickly when there … Were patient medications available to the nurse when they were due? … How did the nurse react if the medication was late (e.g., anxious, angry, upset)?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/staff-assessment-chg-cloth.docx
March 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Please indicate who performed the CHG bath:
|_| Nursing Assistant |_| Nurse … wipe off CHG
|_| Y |_| N Disposed of used cloths in trash/did not flush
Query to Bathing Assistant/Nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/staff-assessment-chg-basin-bath.docx
March 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Please indicate who performed the CHG bath:
|_| Nursing Assistant |_| Nurse … wipe off CHG
|_| Y |_| N Disposed of used wipes in trash/did not flush
Query to Bathing Assistant/Nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medofficevaluepilotreport.pdf
November 01, 2017 - practitioner,
clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, advanced practice nurse, etc.; management; … administrative, health information technology, or clerical staff; nurse (RN), licensed vocational
nurse … PA, NP, CNS,
Nurse Midwife,
APN, etc. Mgmt. … PA, NP, CNS,
Nurse Midwife,
APN, etc.
RN, LVN,
or LPN Mgmt. … PA, NP, CNS,
Nurse Midwife,
APN, etc. Mgmt.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/implguide-refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal
Appendix N. … Effect of nurse-led multidisciplinary rounds on reducing the unnecessary use of urinary catheterization … A nurse-driven Foley catheter removal protocol proves clinically effective to reduce the incidents of … Sustained reductions in urinary catheter use over 5 years: bedside nurses view themselves responsible
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T6-Sample_Distribution_Plan_for_an_Antibiogram_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - • Nursing home prescribing clinicians: If a resident is suspected of having an infection,
the nurse … For phone notifications regarding a suspected infection,
the nurse should fax a copy of the antibiogram … Nursing home prescribing clinicians: If a resident is suspected of having an infection, the nurse