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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-disparities-between-nursing-home-team-members
May 25, 2022 - Communication disparities between nursing home team members. … Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and nurses in nursing homes were asked about the extent to which … Communication disparities between nursing home team members. … in nursing homes. … June 29, 2011
Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-where-nursing-education
December 06, 2017 - Commentary
Patient safety: where is nursing education? … Patient safety: where is nursing education? … The authors encourage nursing educators to address systems failures and how they contribute to student … Patient safety: where is nursing education? … July 1, 2016
Re-finding the 'human side' of human factors in nursing: helping student
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-perceptions-missed-nursing-care
September 27, 2017 - Study
Patient perceptions of missed nursing care. … Patient perceptions of missed nursing care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38(4):161-7. … January 23, 2012
Errors of omission: missed nursing care. … September 27, 2017
Improving nursing unit teamwork. … October 25, 2017
The impact of teamwork on missed nursing care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-omission-missed-nursing-care
September 27, 2017 - Review
Errors of omission: missed nursing care. … Errors of Omission: Missed Nursing Care. … Errors of Omission: Missed Nursing Care. … September 27, 2017
Improving nursing unit teamwork. … September 27, 2017
The impact of teamwork on missed nursing care.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/prevention/vaccine-trust.html
July 01, 2021 - Rates Among CNAs
Invest in Trust: A Guide for Building COVID-19 Vaccine Trust Among Certified Nursing … Assistants (CNAs) is designed to help nursing home leaders build COVID-19 vaccine confidence among … Use it to help improve staff vaccination rates in your nursing home. … Tools and Resources from the Guide
The guide provides several resources for nursing homes to build … Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, in support of the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/nursing-protocols.html
May 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocols
The Toolkit for Decolonization of non-ICU Patients With Devices includes the … CHG Protocols (pick one):
Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) … Liquid Soap (Protocol from the ABATE Infection Trial 1 ) (PDF, 415 KB; Word , 373 KB)
Standardized Nursing … Mupirocin (Protocol from the ABATE Infection Trial 1 ) (PDF, 289 KB; Word , 288 KB)
Standardized Nursing … Practice Guide
This nursing practice guide can be used to help with implementation:
Nursing Practice
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www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html
January 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing … homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality … the All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package. … resources for nursing home staff list programs nursing home staff can access to help cope with the stress
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2023-SOPS-Nursing-Home-DB-Part-II.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Item Average Percent Positive Response by Tenure in Nursing Home – 2023 SOPS
Nursing Home Database . … Average Percentage of Respondents Willing To Recommend by Tenure in Nursing
Home – 2023 SOPS Nursing … home (86 percent), Nursing
Assistants/Nursing Aides had the lowest (67 percent).
2023 SOPS Nursing … Assistants/Nursing Aides (Nursing Asst/Aide): Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA), Geriatric Nursing … in their nursing home.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_executive.pdf
October 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 79
Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing
Homes and Other … It is the most
common reason for entry into long-term
care settings such as nursing homes
(NHs) … What is the effectiveness of organizational
characteristics, structures, or processes of care in nursing … Analytic framework for comparisons of characteristics of nursing homes
and other residential long-term … The impact of validation
group therapy on nursing home residents with dementia.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-handoffs-systematic-review-literature
January 08, 2025 - Review
Nursing handoffs: a systematic review of the literature. … Nursing handoffs: a systematic review of the literature. … This review assessed the literature on nursing handoffs . … Nursing handoffs: a systematic review of the literature. … July 1, 2019
View More
Related Resources
Shift-to-shift nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-items-composite-measures-english-2.0.pdf
June 05, 2025 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0 Items and Composite Measures
SOPS® Nursing Home Survey Items and … https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home … Reliability statistics based on the pilot test
data from 27 nursing homes and over 1,300 nursing home … Staff get the training they need in this nursing home. … Overall, how would you rate this nursing home on resident safety?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-items-composite-measures-spanish-2.0.pdf
June 05, 2025 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0 Items and Composite Measures - Spanish
SOPS® Nursing Home Survey … • In this document, the items in the SOPS Nursing Home Survey 2.0 are grouped according to the
safety … To view the formatted questionnaire, refer to the Nursing
Home Survey Version 2.0 – Spanish. … https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home … SOPS® Nursing Home Survey Items and Composite Measures
Translation Process
SOPS Nursing Home Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-20-pilot-test-results-appendix.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Assistants, Geriatric Nursing Assistants, Nursing
Aides/Assistants (CNAs, GNAs, Nursing Aides/Assts … Assistant (CNA), Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA), Nursing
Aide/Nursing Assistant
• Licensed Nurse … Item Average Percent Positive Response by Tenure in Nursing Home— 2025 SOPS Nursing Home Survey 2.0 … Single Item Measure Average Percent Positive Response by Tenure in Nursing Home — 2025 SOPS Nursing … Nursing Home Survey 2.0 Pilot Results
Tenure in Nursing Home
Willingness To Recommend
Less Than
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-workplace-safety-report-pt1.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Participating nursing homes administered the SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for
Nursing Homes … Nursing Home Characteristics
Nursing Home Characteristics
Participating
Nursing Homes
(N = 72) … Assistant (CNA), Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA),
Nursing Aide/Nursing Assistant 1,061 31%
Physician … Reporting the average for all nursing homes ensures
each nursing home’s scores receive equal weight, … nursing home scored higher than at least 90 percent of the nursing homes in the database.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-nursing-practice-workarounds
April 28, 2021 - Review
A systematic review of nursing practice workarounds. … A systematic review of nursing practice workarounds. … This systematic review including 13 studies found that nursing workarounds most often occurred due to … A systematic review of nursing practice workarounds. … Kathleen Sanford and Sue Schuelke about Virtual Nursing
August 30, 2023
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantifying-nursing-workflow-medication-administration
January 07, 2009 - Study
Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration. … Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration. … Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration. … June 10, 2018
Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals. … August 2, 2011
Adverse Events: Expecting too Much of Nurses and too Little of Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cleaning-disinfecting-facility.html
April 01, 2022 - And Disinfecting Your Facility Poster
This brief document describes steps to clean and disinfect a nursing … Control and Prevention; Cleaning and Disinfection
Audience(s): Managers; Clinical Leaders; Clinicians; Nursing … Assistants; Nursing Technicians; Support staff
Format: PDF
Publication Date: October 10, 2020
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-factors-and-perceived-consequences-nursing-errors-nursing-staff-home-care
May 18, 2022 - Factors for and perceived consequences of nursing errors by nursing staff in home care services. … Factors for and perceived consequences of nursing errors by nursing staff in home care services. … Factors for and perceived consequences of nursing errors by nursing staff in home care services. … January 25, 2023
High-risk medication in home care nursing: a Delphi study. … The Topic
Researchers
Home Care
Quality and Safety Professionals
Educators
Home Nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/there-link-between-nursing-home-reported-quality-and-covid-19-cases-evidence-california
June 30, 2021 - Is There a link between nursing home reported quality and COVID-19 cases? … Evidence from California skilled nursing facilities. … Evidence from California skilled nursing facilities. … Florida nursing homes. … deaths: evidence from Florida nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocol Training_Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With … Devices
Section 11-8
Nursing Protocol Training
Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
AHRQ Pub. … Body bacteria can cause infection in hospitals and nursing
homes due to wounds, devices, and poor … Nasal iodophor is an over-the-counter product and can be
applied under a standardized nursing protocol … Nasal Iodophor 7
Nursing Protocol Training
Targeted Decolonization Introduction
Why Are We Targeting