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www.ahrq.gov/chain/research-tools/methods-tools/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Methods/Tools
CERT Researcher Engages Nurses To Address Low Health Literacy
Extensive research … Carolyn Dickens, a nurse practitioner at the University of Illinois-Chicago and a member of the Northwestern … University CERT, is challenging nurses to help reverse this trend.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cusp-success/shore.html
September 01, 2012 - Nurses and respiratory therapists led the VAP team, and front line nurses led the CLABSI/CAUTI team. … Bryan, who had spent 15 years in staff development and nurse education, described the importance of … The nurse with the winning song included every part of the organization in her lyrics, reinforcing Shore … Ryan Foster, RN, Nurse Manager for the ICU and the multispecialty care unit at Dorchester General Hospital … keeps ports disinfected, they were authorized to buy this more costly product because it saves valuable nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chain/practice-tools/warfarin-1-slides.pdf
March 19, 2017 - Slide 20
•Nurses are trained to be narrative and
descriptive. … The Disconnect in Nurse-Physician
Communication Styles
Observers of communication between nurses … Nurses are trained to speak and think in narratives and
descriptions. … Nurse: Okay.
Doctor: Thanks.
Nurse: Right. … However, communication between nurses and physicians is often
difficult.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section2.html
July 01, 2018 - For example, a strategy to improve flow within the fast track might require a fast track nurse who understands … physician who had experience teaching ESI and implementing it in other organizations (technical leader), a nurse … educator, and seven additional ED nurses. … For example, nurses in the progressive care, cardiac step-down unit expressed concerns that the tool … The importance of inpatient nurse managers taking a leadership role in championing the tool and addressing
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/toolkit-resources.html
February 01, 2023 - the ICU Setting
This four-module narrated presentation is designed for intensive care unit (ICU) nurses … Microsoft PowerPoint (1.3 MB) ( HTML Version ) | Facilitator Notes ( Word , 2 MB)
Emergency Nurses … CAUTI
Accessible version ( PDF , 2.3 MB)
This online learning module developed by the Emergency Nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-teamwork-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - the education of other nurses on your floor. … Finally, this person will serve as a role model for nurse empowerment, because nurses are absolutely … It could be your nurse manager, a charge nurse, a nurse educator, or a frontline nurse. … We would expect those nurses to be responsible for inspiring the commitment of other nurses on the unit … This is a survey we've done to our nurses, about 30 bedside nurses, and this is after years of work,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-transcript.doc
April 08, 2014 - the education of other nurses on your floor. … Finally, this person will serve as a role model for nurse empowerment, because nurses are absolutely … It could be your nurse manager, a charge nurse, a nurse educator, or a frontline nurse. … We would expect those nurses to be responsible for inspiring the commitment of other nurses on the unit … This is a survey we’ve done to our nurses, about 30 bedside nurses, and this is after years of work,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/longtermcare/module11/ts2-0ltc_module11_slides_implementation.pptx
February 03, 2006 - Size of unit, department, or work area:
Number of staff within unit, department, or work area:
Registered … Nurses:
Licensed Practical Nurses:
Certified Nurses Aides:
Other:
Key Actions:
Describe the targeted … #›
Implementation Planning
8
Example: Problem Definition
Problem:
Suboptimal communication among nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/gurwitz-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The goal of this study was to describe nurses' perceptions of nurse-
physician communication in the long-term … Results: Three hundred seventy-five nurses completed the questionnaire, and 21 nurses
completed qualitative … Nurses identified several barriers to effective nurse-physician
communication: lack of physician openness … At the most recent count, over 300 nurses had
done so. … , pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/daugherty-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - On the nursing units, huddles typically were led by the nurse manager, charge nurse, or clinical
nurse … , the individual patient’s nurse, and a pastoral care provider. … Collaboration between nurses and physician: no longer a choice. Acad Med 1997; 5:295-303.
9. … She won’t be dancing anyway: a study of surgeons, surgical nurses, and elder
patients. … Nurses and doctors: a problem of partnership. In: Soothill K, Mackay L, Web C,
editors.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thomas1-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - . 4 times daily at 5- to 7-hr intervals;
measurement made by physician,
corroborated by attending nurse … The broadcasts from the tilt sensors were received by several
tablet PCs placed near the nurse stations … bed-angle intervals
generally occurred between periods of rapid bed-angle change when, for example, a nurse … Nurse-reported HOBAs are generally not a reliable or precise measure of
the actual bed angles, particularly … Patient to nurse ratio and risk of ventilator-associated
pneumonia in critically ill patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_3_Implementation.doc
May 19, 2014 - Presenters may include the nurse educator and/or the infection-control nurse to train the nursing staff … , and the medical director to train the prescribing clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician … Inclusion of the following materials is recommended for use during nurses’ and prescribing clinicians … We recommend that the trainer (e.g., nurse educator for nursing staff, medical director for prescribing … · Sample nurse and prescribing clinician PowerPoint presentations are in the Materials Included section
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/assemble/assembleteam.docx
August 24, 2012 - This individual will:
· Be a frontline provider—a staff nurse, nurse manager, nurse educator, or physician … For example, the nurse opinion leader can serve as the representative for all unit nurses on the CUSP … of the unit nurses at CUSP team meetings. … The nurse manager supports CUSP activities by communicating the CUSP team’s needs to the unit nurses. … contact for the unit nurses and helps empower the unit nurses throughout the initiative.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/asc-checklist-template.docx
January 01, 2009 - Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Ambulatory Surgery Checklist
Preop
Before Patient Enters Room
Nurse … performing the procedure
· Patient position
· Known allergies
· Patient weight
· History and physical
Nurse … Surgeon, Nurse, and Anesthesia Professional perform the Timeout
· Patient’s name
· Surgical procedure … and Scrub Tech Share:
· Equipment issues
· Other concerns
Circulating Nurse and Scrub Tech Confirm: … Before Patient Leaves Room/Debriefing
Nurse Reviews With Team:
· Instrument, sponge and needle counts
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www.ahrq.gov/es/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=8
January 01, 2025 - Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: Cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients … Nurses' perceptions of patient safety climate in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study. … Patient safety: Assessing nurses' perception and developing an improvement plan. … Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-leadership-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - manager
Nurse champion (engage nursing personnel)
Nurse educator, unit manager, charge nurse … Develop a common purpose (patient safety)
View nurses as partners (not barriers)
Identify nurse champions … A physician administrator : “Because the nurses on the geriatrics unit wanted to have their patients … regain mobility…they viewed mobility as very important …versus the other units where the nurses didn’ … A nurse champion is critically important!
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-slides.html
July 01, 2018 - Physicians and RN Collaboration
Image: Bar chart showing rates of collaboration between Labor & Delivery nurses … and doctors, intensive care unit nurses and doctors, operating room nurses and surgeons, and certified … registered nurse assistants and doctors. … On average, doctors rated teamwork twice as high as nurses or other health professionals.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2024-child-hcahps-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Privacy When Talking
with Doctors, Nurses,
and Other Providers
87%
of respondents reported they … always
had privacy when discussing their
child's care with doctors, nurses, and
other providers … * How Well Doctors / Nurses Communicate With Your Child was not asked if the child was not able to … How Well Doctors / Nurses Communicate With Your Child was not asked if the child was not able to talk … with nurses and doctors about his
or her care.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201802.html
August 01, 2018 - The hospital surveyed nurses and other clinical staff to get a sense of current practices and how pressure … Educating clinical staff, with a focus on nurses and certified nursing assistants. … The heightened awareness included having two nurses conduct a skin assessment within 24 hours of admission … “If one nurse thought there was a pressure injury, we required confirmation from a second RN.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
October 01, 2023 - During this hospital stay, how often were nurses hard to understand because of the way they spoke your … During this hospital stay, how often did nurses use medical words you did not understand?
… During this hospital stay, how often did nurses talk too fast when talking with you?
… During this hospital stay, how often did nurses interrupt you when you were talking?
… During this hospital stay, how often did you feel nurses really cared about you as a person?