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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/index.html
November 01, 2021 - Long-term care resources
Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing … Falls and Injury
Long-Term Care Facilities
Multiple Chronic Conditions
Omissions of Care in Nursing … Homes
Pressure Ulcers
Quality of Life
TeamSTEPPS
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/factraining_slides.pptx
December 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ’s Safety Program for
Nursing Homes:
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Nursing homes investigate adverse events after they occur. … selection of program champion
Meet with program champion to explain facilitation role, and discuss nursing … home staff familiar with nursing home operations and by leading clinicians
Reports tested in clinical … How will a timeline for changes and followup with nursing assistants and nurses be determined?
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/ontime-preventablehospitaledvisits-overview.pptx
May 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ’s Safety Program for
Nursing Homes:
On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency … Nursing homes investigate adverse events after they occur. … Meet with program champion to explain facilitation role, and discuss nursing home responsibilities. … home staff familiar with nursing home operations and by leading clinicians
Reports tested in clinical … How will a timeline for changes and followup with nursing assistants and nurses be determined?
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-factraining-slides.pptx
November 01, 2016 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ’s Safety Program for
Nursing Homes:
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
Facilitator … Nursing homes investigate adverse events after they occur. … Meet with program champion to explain facilitation role and discuss nursing home responsibilities. … home staff familiar with nursing home operations and by leading clinicians
Reports tested in clinical … How will a timeline for changes and followup with nursing assistants and nurses be determined?
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Section 14-5 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Wound Cleaning
There are some new nurses and nursing … Some nurses and nursing assistants feel comfortable using chlorhexidine (CHG) cloths on
superficial … Remind all nursing staff that over 1 million patients have
been bathed with CHG in clinical trials with … Section 14-5 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Wound Cleaning
There are some new nurses and nursing
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - iodophor has been used in thousands of patients prior to surgery, in intensive care units (ICUs), and in nursing … considerations for selecting one versus the other include local evidence for mupirocin resistance, nursing … Iodophor will be provided at your hospital either as a standing nursing protocol for an over-the-counter … Similar to other standing nursing protocols or order sets, the standard of care is to provide this type … Review the nursing protocols for details on escalation pathways for addressing patient refusals.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/respirator-fit-testing.pdf
August 01, 2021 - Respirator Fit Testing
Respirator Fit Testing
What It Is, Why You Need It, and What You Can Expect
Healthcare staff who come into contact with people who have or may
have COVID-19 are required to wear personal protective equipment
(PPE). Respirators, such as N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95
FFRs)…
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_3_Get_to_Know_508.docx
February 10, 2011 - Licensed practical nurses [or licensed vocational nurses (LVNs)] provide basic nursing services. … Certified nursing assistants help licensed nurses but do not have a license for patient care. … Nursing assistants, also called nurse aides, help patients with their basic needs, such as eating, drinking … Nurse supervisors are responsible for the nursing care on your unit. … These nurses have completed training beyond nursing school.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_3_Get_to_Know_508.pdf
May 16, 2013 - Licensed practical nurses [or licensed vocational
nurses (LVNs)] provide basic nursing services. … Certified nursing assistants help licensed nurses but do
not have a license for patient care. … Nursing assistants,
also called nurse aides, help patients with their basic
needs, such as eating, … Nurse supervisors are responsible for the nursing care
on your unit. … These
nurses have completed training beyond nursing school.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sops/international/index.html
September 01, 2023 - Hospital SOPS Version 2.0 Translation Information
Medical Office SOPS Translation Information
Nursing … Languages Translated Into
Hospital 1.0
99
43
Hospital 2.0
62
35
Medical Office
38
15
Nursing … for Translators of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Information for Translators of the Nursing
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/index.html
September 01, 2023 - About SOPS
SOPS Surveys
SOPS Databases
Hospital
Medical Office
Nursing … results from recent SOPS Database reports:
SOPS Hospital Database
SOPS Medical Office Database
SOPS Nursing … Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set
Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set
June 3-21
Nursing
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sops/bibliography/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Search by Keyword
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Healthcare Setting
Hospitals
(405)
Nursing … Patient safety culture predictors and outcomes for sustainable oncology nursing practice: A cross-sectional … Patient safety and its relationship with specific self efficacy, competence, and resilience among nursing … Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home setting. … Patient safety measurement tools used in nursing homes: A systematic literature review.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/health-equity/health-equity-factsheet.pdf
March 01, 2024 - AHRQ launched the AHRQ ECHO National
Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network,
which provided free training … and mentorship to
nursing homes across the country to increase
implementation of evidence-based infection … Impact: Provided training to 9,058 nursing
homes in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto … online resources have been
curated and continue to be updated and freely
available for use by U.S. nursing … /index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/index.html
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AHRQ published the Digital Healthcare
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhospitalvisits-funcspecs_0.pdf
August 01, 2017 - On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes … Report Example: Monthly Transfers by Nursing Unit .......................................20
3.3.4. … Nursing Unit System IF the report is generated for a single nursing unit, display the nursing
unit name … Monthly Transfers by Nursing Unit Report
3.3.1 Report Description
3.3.2. … Report Example: Monthly Transfers by Nursing Unit
3.3.4.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/patient-safety-tools-flyer-June2022.pdf
May 01, 2023 - Facilities is an interdisciplinary
quality improvement initiative to assist nursing facilities
in … Web: ahrq.gov/psafetyltcmodules
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
provides field-tested … , evidence-based modules that can
help nursing homes develop antibiotic stewardship
programs to help … Settings section)
Web: ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/
Safety Program for Nursing
Homes: On-Time … Common Formats
are currently available for hospitals, nursing homes, and
community pharmacies.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/home-health/measurement.html
December 01, 2022 - Plan Quality
Measuring Physician Quality
Measuring Long-term Care Quality
Measuring Nursing … Also in "Measures of Quality in Nursing Homes, Home Health Agencies, and Hospice"
Home Health Care … Examples of Home Health Quality Measures for Consumers
Major Home Health Agency Measurement Sets
Nursing
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/multicenter-0503-coe-cquips.html
October 01, 2014 - use of peri- and post-operative beta-blockers, half to anesthesia providers and half to surgeons and nursing … "Next we piloted the program in two post-op nursing units. … So, we had to convince the nursing leadership to allow 'regular' staff nurses to administer IV beta-blockers … After analyzing the pilot's results, the use of IV beta-blockers was extended to all nursing units.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips91.html
October 01, 2014 - The facility now requests medication information from the hospital before a resident returns to the nursing … an accurate medication list in the event that they transition from the retirement community to the nursing … helped gain leadership support for installing new medication reconciliation report software on all nursing … list after surgery, and the surgeon is able to reconcile medications before the patient returns to the nursing
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module2/module2_tools.docx
November 16, 2011 - Staff nurses
Nursing assistants
Rehabilitation
Physical therapists
Occupational … Executive Summary for Stakeholders
Senior manager (e.g., Chief Executive Officer or Chief Medical/Nursing … assistants
3B – Scheduled Rounding Protocol
Unit manager, staff nurses, and nursing assistants … Staff nurses
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X
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Nursing assistants
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X … How to use this tool: Administer the questionnaire to staff nurses and nursing assistants.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.docx
March 01, 2022 - Section 14-5 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Wound Cleaning
There are some new nurses and nursing … Some nurses and nursing assistants feel comfortable using chlorhexidine (CHG) cloths on superficial wounds … Remind all nursing staff that over 1 million patients have been bathed with CHG in clinical trials with