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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/discussion.html
October 01, 2019 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … How Can the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Help My Facility? … Would you be comfortable having your loved one in this nursing home? … Many nursing homes using the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture have expressed interest … in comparing their results to other nursing homes.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - to choose for your antibiotic stewardship team
Medical Director
Director or Assistant Director of Nursing … No review of guidelines to determine if therapy is indicated. … No review of guidelines to determine if therapy is indicated. … No review of guidelines to determine if therapy is indicated. … home staff
Prescribers/clinicians
Nursing home management/directors
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/index.html
September 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … 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 … participate in the SOPS Databases will have to submit specific data elements and comply with database guidelines … Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set
Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set
June 3-21
Nursing
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March 01, 2024 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … of the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Program at the University of Colorado College of Nursing … She is well known for her work to advance independent nursing practice based on current best evidence … Makic earned a Ph.D. in nursing at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, a Master of Science … in nursing at University of Maryland, Baltimore, and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from University
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part1-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - 1
Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide
Essential Partners: Infection Control and
Nursing … Increasingly, the role of nursing in ASP efforts is being
recognized. … ASPs should identify champions in the
nursing department and engage and educate nurses
about their … They should review
national guidelines and guidelines from other
institutions, when available, in order … to come to
consensus on what local guidelines should be.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities
Detecting and promptly reporting changes in a nursing … Training nursing home staff—particularly nursing staff—to be on the lookout for changes in a nursing … home resident's condition and to effectively communicate those changes is one tool nursing home administrators … Related Content
Assisted Living Disclosure Collaborative (ALDC)
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety
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July 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Resources
AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home … Homes (PDF, 1 MB)
Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing … Home Staff (PDF, 1 MB)
Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents … Testing (PDF, 636 KB)
Intramuscular Injections—Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/topics/surveys-patient-safety-culture.html
November 09, 2016 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … maintains surveys, toolkits, and databases on patient safety culture for hospitals, medical offices, nursing … Nursing Home The Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture asks nursing home providers and staff … for their opinions about the culture of patient safety in their nursing home. … The comparative database allows nursing homes to compare their results with other nursing homes that
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December 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated … Respiratory Infections
Amy Vogelsmeier, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor at Sinclair School of Nursing … Articles featured this week include:
The relationship between nursing home staffing and resident safety
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December 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID … vulnerable, and their reliance on nursing home staff members put these essential workers at high risk … The Network will provide training and mentorship to as many as 15,000 nursing homes across the country … Nursing home teams that would like to participate may sign-up on the Project ECHO website .
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/communicate-prescribers.html
June 01, 2021 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … B ackground
A ssessment
R ecommendation
Implement SBAR to improve communication between nursing … The materials below are intended for health care practitioners and nursing staff. … Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers – Video (21 minutes)
The link below is intended for nursing
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September 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Date Published: September 2023
Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Hospital
Nursing … Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
This guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize … Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nursing homes despite regulatory and market approaches to … Facilities
This toolkit assists nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-bacterial-pneumonia.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Utility
of pulse oximetry in diagnosing pneumonia in
nursing home residents. … Predictors of viral
pneumonia: the need for viral testing in all
patients hospitalized for nursing … Pneumonia in the nursing
home. J Am Med Dir Assoc. Sep-Oct
2005;6(5):342-50. … Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious
Diseases Society of America: 2018 update on
diagnosis … Management of adults with hospital-acquired and
ventilator-associated pneumonia: 2016 Clinical
Practice Guidelines
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/collection.html
June 01, 2021 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Detail procedures for collecting urine and respiratory samples from nursing home residents. … The materials below are intended for health care practitioners and nursing staff. … Specimens - Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 2.8 MB)
The materials below are primarily intended for nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-section-5-table-3.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Department
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines … Surviving Sepsis Campaign:
International guidelines for
management of severe sepsis and
septic shock … protocol intended to facilitate
recognition of septic shock and
adherence to national treatment
guidelines … To facilitate
timely delivery of interventions,
additional nursing, respiratory therapy,
and pharmacy … In this study,
physicians were aware of the
ACCM/PALS guidelines, but nurses
were less so.
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October 01, 2016 - Research
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Nursing … Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic (Concise Antibiogram Toolkit)
Toolkit … The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program
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March 01, 2017 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
A survey available for nursing homes that helps … Overview of the Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules and Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture … Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Survey Administration Materials and Results Discussion … )
Provides information and strategies to promote and utilize facility-level results from the AHRQ Nursing
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April 01, 2018 - Nursing Focus Group Guides
Appendix P. Focus Group Risk Factors
Appendix Q. … Nursing focus group
Given the delay of conducting the nursing focus group as originally planned in … Publications
Follow AHRQ guidelines
CDC guidelines are required only of CDC is an author
Teresa … Based on OMB guidelines, 2 focus groups would be conducted
Denver
Salt Lake City
Proposals for … the focus group will be submitted; we discussed the importance and need to comply with OMB guidelines
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October 01, 2014 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Hillcrest Health and Rehabilitation , a skilled nursing facility in Bellevue. … Lutheran Home , a skilled nursing facility in Omaha. … Together the hospital, home health agencies, and nursing homes worked to minimize medication discrepancies … Lavonne Reed, RN, Director of Nursing at the Lutheran Home says, "The lack of a single accurate medication
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit1-working-with-a-lab.html
October 01, 2016 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … The toolkit guides nursing homes in working with a lab to obtain an antibiogram. … The medical director should work with the nursing home's lab to create an antibiogram, distribute it … Each nursing home is different and nursing home leadership should determine the best way to distribute … information to prescribing clinicians and nursing home staff.