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July 18, 2024 - RRSs are very popular among nursing staff and can contribute to detection of underlying patient safety … February 28, 2024
Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding
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March 15, 2023 - In both these cases, developing robust processes and
clear guidelines for providers will help mitigate … To support the correct use of devices according to guidelines and avoid false values, organizations should … programs exist, there is an opportunity to implement and expand RPM to less acute settings, such as
nursing … Development of telehealth principles and guidelines for older adults: a
modified Delphi approach.
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January 01, 2024 - Nursing staff, registered nurses and surgical technologists, are the “content
experts” on surgical item … From the nursing care practice perspective, in the case of a retained surgical sponge, it’s not
that … are different types of RSI
cases based on the final count that was “called” and documented in the nursing … It should be apparent that these nursing and surgeon actions
are a team-based activity that requires … variability within it and there is variation in how different users
employ and execute practice policies and guidelines
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July 31, 2023 - evaluation required to examine how incidental lung nodules were mentioned in radiology
reports, changing guidelines … recommendation rates may be due to lack of consensus on best
practices even when evaluating published guidelines … Accessed June 1, 2023. https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/what-is-
ambulatory-care/#:~:text … =By%20definition%2C%20ambulatory%20care%20is%20any%20same-
https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing … https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/what-is-ambulatory-care/#:~:text=By%20definition%2C%20ambulatory
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June 03, 2020 - Related Resources
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Reduction in opioid prescribing through evidence-based prescribing guidelines
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September 30, 2020 - California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) Quality Improvement Toolkit, which standardizes guidelines … hemorrhage risk should be embedded in the EHR, easy to locate, and automatically included in physician and nursing … hemorrhage simulation should be interdisciplinary and interprofessional (e.g., obstetrics, anesthesia, nursing … should be linked to easy-to-access institutional protocols for obstetric hemorrhage, order sets, and guidelines … The updated CMQCC guidelines on obstetric hemorrhage now include tranexamic acid (TXA) as an adjunctive
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July 14, 2010 - Patients who are able to make determinations about their own care should be given guidelines upon admission … searches, units should have procedures in place for patients to sign out or otherwise communicate with the nursing … midnight as the indicator.( 10,12 ) Providers should consult with organization policies for specific guidelines … the patient when available, partnering the patient with a roommate, or requesting a family member or nursing … Assessment
November 27, 2019
Patient Safety Primers
Nursing
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June 14, 2023 - Current guidelines recommend administration of certain drugs (epinephrine and amiodarone/lidocaine) as … To address this deficiency, the 1997 ILCOR developed and published guidelines for reviewing, reporting … All clinical providers in these settings should be familiar with ACLS guidelines and competent in the … Part 7: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update … Recommended guidelines for reviewing, reporting, and conducting research on in-hospital resuscitation
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Critical Pathways
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Patient Self-Management
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Critical Care Nursing
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Emergency Nursing
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Palliative … This AHRQ Web site provides validated safety culture survey tools (Hospital, Medical Office, Nursing … Commentary
Emerging Classic
Addressing systemic racism in nursing
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June 01, 2017 - Although current American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association guidelines … et al; American College of Cardiology Foundation; American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines … of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines … At our local hospital, we now have electronic nursing observation data. … Inpatient Transitions of Care: Challenges and Safety Practices
March 27, 2024
Guidelines
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March 27, 2024 - These efforts aim to establish comprehensive frameworks, guidelines, and regulations to safeguard the … successful past patient safety interventions, such as the WHO’s “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” guidelines … Guidelines for developing EHR downtime procedures. Accessed February 11, 2024. … internal meetings with leadership are critical to communicating between critical leads, such as IT, nursing … Perspectives on Safety
The Role of Undergraduate Nursing
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March 18, 2020 - With either MAC or GA considered to be an acceptable choice, and no currently standardized guidelines … Practice guidelines for preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of … at ] Apfelbaum JL, Hagberg CA, Connis RT, et al. 2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines … January 31, 2024
Anesthesia workspaces for safe medication practices: design guidelines … About The Topic
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February 01, 2014 - scheduled time.( 9 ) The hospital's policy on timing of medication administration should be included in nursing … ASHP guidelines on the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and the formulary system. … July 19, 2023
The effect of opioid prescribing guidelines on prescriptions by emergency
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September 12, 2016 - The resident brought the patient into the antenatal testing room without notifying the nursing staff … Additionally, failing to include nursing in procedures exposes patients to risks of injury related to … had the patient formally registered, staffed by an attending, as well as chaperoned and assisted by nursing … Organizations should consider developing explicit guidelines regarding informal caregiving among colleagues … Ann Williamson, RN, PhD Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing Patient Care Director,
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March 31, 2021 - To begin, a health system can create guidelines for emergency department consultations, built around … Involving specialty services in creating these guidelines builds buy-in and provides an appropriate space … Broadly and clearly publicizing expectations and new guidelines helps to create a work culture that feels … The obvious downside to creating guidelines and policies is that physicians are already struggling with … Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for targeting nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missing-large-vessel-occlusion-stroke-patient-history-seizures
August 31, 2022 - 4.48). 4 Stroke alerts typically involve notification of an on-call neurologist, a radiologist, and nursing … represents a change from the 2019 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) guidelines … AHA/ASA guidelines recommend implementation of acute clinical assessment teams, imaging protocols, and … Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines … American Telemedicine Association: Telestroke Guidelines.
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September 29, 2017 - March 31, 2021
Association of clinical nursing work environment with quality and safety … March 21, 2017
Interruptions and multitasking in nursing care. … October 27, 2010
The SBAR communication technique: teaching nursing students professional
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March 27, 2024 - 7 However, a survey of ED nurse managers found that only 50% of EDs self-reported having transfer guidelines … routine bronchiolitis management. 11 In addition, several centers have recently implemented practice guidelines … both facilitated by disease-specific, evidence-based protocols incorporating standardized transfer guidelines … Joint policy statement--guidelines for care of children in the emergency department. … Transitions of care: the presence of written interfacility transfer guidelines and agreements for pediatric
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April 12, 2023 - Recognize that further research is needed to establish best practice guidelines with regard to the interhospital … Thus, any existing protocols that the transfer center may have had (i.e., communication guidelines that … These data can then be used to create best practice guidelines for high-quality, safe interhospital transfer … There are limited guidelines to direct best practices with regard to interhospital transfer, leading … More data is needed to direct the development of best practice guidelines with regard to interhospital
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January 01, 2021 - Color coded medication safety system reduces community pediatric emergency nursing medication
errors. … This illustrated report provides guidelines for the packaging of pharmaceuticals along with an
information … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/color-coded-medication-safety-system-reduces-community-pediatric-emergency-nursing-medication … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/color-coded-medication-safety-system-reduces-community-pediatric-emergency-nursing-medication