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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T1-Sample_Policy_Phase_3.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 3
Sample Policy
[NAME OF NURSING … As a
result of the above complexities, nursing homes increasingly are recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the antibiogram
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization Nursing Protocol
Appendix E. … stakeholders, such as the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Infection Control … The nursing and medical director can provide critical support and insight to the process and important … Options include a standardized nursing protocol or an ICU admission order set. … This could be done by the ICU nursing director, facility nurse educator, or a designee.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents,
Educate & Engage Residents, Family … No. 17-0006-8-EF
October 2016
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents,
Educate … • Remind your visitors to wash their hands when they come in to and leave the
nursing home. … • Nursing home staff may ask you to take other preventive steps, depending on the type of
bacteria
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T2b-SBAR_LRI_Final.pdf
June 01, 2014 - No. 14-0010-2-EF
Date/Time _____________________
Nursing Home Name ____________________________ … www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Nursing … dramatic change in mental status)
Nurses: Please check box to indicate whether or not criteria are met
¨¨ Nursing … may have a lower respiratory tract infection and need
a prescription for an antibiotic agent.†
¨¨ Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T6-Sample_Vignettes_Phase_3_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - series of vignettes are similar to cases that a prescribing clinician may be presented with in a
nursing … Lee, a 71-year-old female, is a long-term resident of the nursing home. … Jones, a 76-year-old man, is a long-term resident of the nursing home facility. … Williams, a 66-year-old woman, is a long-term resident of the nursing home.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar3_pu_staffroles.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Ayello
Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN
Excelsior College School of Nursing
Welcome! … World Council of
Enterostomal Therapists (WCET)
• Faculty member of Excelsior College
School of Nursing … Nursing 2014 survey results: Wound care and
prevention. … Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 2011; 33(2):155-62.
• Niederhauser A, et al. … Certification and education: Do they affect
pressure ulcer knowledge in nursing?
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2021-03-nac/nacmtg031821-minutes.html
July 01, 2021 - Susan Edgman-Levitan, P.A., cited the challenges in nursing homes and encouraged AHRQ to develop advocacy … Dahlen, M.H.S.A., FACHE, encouraged AHRQ to evaluate effectiveness within nursing homes and their networks … There are serious issues, such as a feeling of isolation among nursing home staffs and resulting burnout … For nursing homes, AHRQ researchers could seek to improve the system of star-ratings for performance, … Alexander noted the Senate’s Nursing Home Modernization Act, which is being developed.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-sops-overview-webcast-tyler.pdf
January 01, 2025 - • Databases for voluntary data submission
Hospital 2.0 Medical Office
Ambulatory
Surgery Center Nursing … Health
Information
Technology
Diagnostic
Safety
Hospital
Medical Office In development
Nursing … Hesgrove et al, 2024
19
Higher SOPS Nursing Home Scores have
been linked to…
Lower turnover rates7 … East (51)
D International: South America (10}
Survey Versions
D Hospital Version 1.0 (405}
D Nursing … Been Linked to…
SOPS Hospital Workplace Safety Associations with Patient Safety Culture
Higher SOPS Nursing
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www.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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
August 01, 2010 - Nursing leadership and management need to hold staff
accountable for conducting bedside shift report … Patient satisfaction scores reflect this change in
nursing practice. … Nursing
unit directors make sure that 16 random audits are performed during different
shifts. … Bedside nursing handover: a case study.
Int J Nurs Pract 2010;16(1):27–34.
3. … Nursing
2010 Oct;40(10):50–2.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/staff-assessment-chg-cloth.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Individual Giving Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Please indicate who performed the CHG bath:
Nursing … Assistant Nurse Other: _________________________
Staff Adherence to Nursing Protocol … Use Observation Checklist
Individual Giving Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Staff Adherence to Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/staff-assessment-chg-basin-bath.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Individual Giving Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Please indicate who performed the CHG bath:
Nursing … Assistant Nurse Other: _______________________________
Staff Adherence to Nursing Protocol … – Staff Skills Assessment
Individual Giving Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bath
Staff Adherence to Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/functional-specifications.docx
February 10, 2014 - Program for Nursing Homes On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time … and nursing staff with tools to effectively monitor and manage pressure ulcers at the resident, nursing … Nursing Unit
System
Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … Nursing Unit
System
Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter … Nursing Unit
System
Display the nursing unit name that is selected by the user during report parameter
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tap.html
December 01, 2012 - Nursing home bed supply . … nursing facility beds plus nursing facility beds) per population age 65 and older. … Nursing home level of care eligibility criteria for HCBS . … Criteria are set for a nursing home level of care and for ICF-MR level of care. … Establishing "nursing home level of care" criteria: how states vary.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apf.html
October 01, 2017 - It also allows nursing to be alerted once the patient’s risk factors have been identified. … In addition, nursing staff provided input about the products they felt were missing. … Solution: Start a new residency program for new nursing graduates. … What You Can Do:
Determine creative ways to retain new nursing graduates. … Nursing now uses better terminology that facilitates accurate staging and coding.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/planningtool_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture enable hospitals, medical offices, nursing homes,
community … the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture 3
Survey User’s Guides
Hospital
Medical Office
Nursing … professionals/quality-patient-
safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/userguide/mosurveyguide.pdf
Nursing … Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Resource Lists
Hospital
Medical Office
Nursing … Home: www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-
home/resources
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety6.html
September 01, 2022 - The critical need for nursing education to address the diagnostic process. … Nursing Interventions Classification. 4th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2004. … The role of nursing surveillance in keeping patients safe. … American Association of Colleges of Nursing. … The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. 2021.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses4.html
August 01, 2022 - Therefore, no standard mechanism exists for bringing the nursing perspective to a physician’s attention … signs and symptoms of Ebola. 50
Although the nurse documented the patient’s travel history in the nursing … Periodic ED huddles during a shift actively solicit nursing input and ensure that multiple perspectives … Anecdotally, in our experience, a physician-nurse dyad approach is best for bringing the nursing perspective … Second, with so much nursing staff turnover (especially post-COVID), dyad stability may weaken.
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www.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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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/impmenu.html
December 01, 2017 - Menu of Implementation Strategies
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer … meetings
MDS assessment documentation
Nurse shift change report
Nursing …
Skin rounds
Weekly nutrition risk huddle
Weekly risk huddle of Nursing …
Skin rounds
Weekly nutrition risk huddle
Weekly risk huddle for Nursing