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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit1-start-program.html
November 01, 2016 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … This toolkit provides nursing homes with a simple, step-by-step approach to starting an antimicrobial … , the director of nursing, and, if possible, the medical director or a prescribing clinician. … Tool 5 presents letter templates for communicating this information to nursing home staff. … and has been refined based on nursing home guidance.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sops/news.html
March 01, 2024 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture : Oct. 1–21
Nursing homes can submit data from the:
SOPS … Nursing Home Survey . … Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes . … The Database report includes 62 nursing homes and 3,224 staff respondents.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4h_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Use Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s evidence-based guidelines;
include the 3-hour and 6-hour bundles.5 … • Pilot the screening tool with 1 or 2 nursing units. … o Use the American College of Critical Care Medicine-Pediatric Advanced Life Support
(PALS) guidelines … • Provide feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary
staff … Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international
guidelines for management of severe sepsis shock: 2012.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Use Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s evidence-based guidelines;
include the 3-hour and 6-hour bundles.5 … • Pilot the screening tool with 1 or 2 nursing units. … o Use the American College of Critical Care Medicine-Pediatric Advanced Life Support
(PALS) guidelines … • Provide feedback to all stakeholders (physicians and other providers, nursing, and ancillary
staff … Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international
guidelines for management of severe sepsis shock: 2012.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … section
SOPS®
About SOPS
SOPS Surveys
Hospital
Medical Office
Nursing … Nursing Home Survey .
Community Pharmacy Survey .
Ambulatory Surgery Center . … The SOPS Hospital, Medical Office, and Nursing Home Surveys have the following supplemental item sets … SOPS Supplemental Item Set
SOPS Hospital Survey
SOPS Medical Office Survey
SOPS Nursing Home
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/topics/n.html
April 01, 2024 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Newborns/Infants Nursing … Nursing Homes Nutrition
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumkutn.html
October 01, 2014 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … She received her PhD in Nursing from the same institution. … long-term career goal is to become an independent health services researcher with a special focus on nursing … Gregory Distinguished Dissertation Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2008. … Ann Wolbert Burgess Endowed Student Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2007.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-respiratory-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Reliability of
nonlocalizing signs and symptoms as indicators of the
presence of infection in nursing-home … Long-Term Care
Facilities and the Coronavirus Epidemic: Practical
Guidelines for a Population at Highest … Clinical
practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of
America: 2018 Update on diagnosis … Pneumonia in the nursing home.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. Sep-Oct 2005;6(5):342-50. … Utility of pulse
oximetry in diagnosing pneumonia in nursing home
residents.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm4.html
October 01, 2014 - Evidence-based guidelines and protocols. … These guidelines and protocols are designed to standardize and improve patient care across the State. … States have faced barriers to provider incorporation of guidelines into practice protocols. … :
Employ cross-payer, statewide guidelines. … Keep guidelines brief .
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/cellulitis.html
May 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … The card below is intended for nursing staff. … Card – Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents (PDF, 177 KB)
The materials … Tissue Infections (PDF, 241 KB)
The video below is intended for health care practitioners and nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/873.html
July 01, 2023 - Today's Headlines:
Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection . … Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection
Nonadherence to the Society … of Thoracic Surgeons’ (STS) postoperative cardiac surgery guidelines is associated with adverse events … Project, but the STS guidelines have received less attention, the authors said. … Data science and precision oncology nursing: creating an analytic ecosystem to support personalized supportive
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - First, interventions that aligned local policy and published guidelines were more likely to have lasting … Lisa is the director of nursing at a small long-term care facility in Maryland. … The protocols, in accordance with local and national guidelines, did not recommend fluoroquinolones as … Consider focusing on common infections encountered in the nursing home. … Remember that antibiotic use protocols are most helpful if you match local policy and guidelines with
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Physician Resistance
Nursing Resistance
Real or perceived need for accurate I and O
Unit culture … tradition
Slide 7
The Culture of Safety and Assessment of Harm
Believe that failure to follow guidelines … Are evidence based guidelines implemented, shared and incorporated into practice? … Slide 37
Lessons Learned
We all own this: Infection Control, Nursing, Physicians …..
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/tool.html
March 01, 2017 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Nursing Home Administrator
Your nursing home administrator is responsible for the overall management … The director of nursing is responsible for the delivery of nursing services. … Licensed practical nurses provide basic nursing services. … Certified nursing assistants help licensed nurses but do not have a license for patient care.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/index.html
March 25, 2024 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … and/or other specialties)
(62)
Nursing Network (at least 75% are nurses)
(5)
Other
(23) … PBRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACHN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing … ACRN Network Type: Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/7-things.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Catheter Care Guidelines 2013. Canterbury Continence
Forum. Ref: 4501. … July 2013. https://www.cdhb.health.nz/Hospitals-Services/Health-
Professionals/CDHB-Policies/Nursing-Policies-Procedures … Nursing Older
People. 2011 Mar;23(2):14-9. PMID: 21413662. … Evidence based guidelines for best practice in urological health
care. … Nursing clinical practice guideline: neurogenic bladder
management.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sops/about/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … settings:
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Nursing … Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the Medical Office Survey
Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Nursing … Home Survey :
Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for the Nursing Home Survey
The SOPS surveys … Using the SOPS name —Guidelines for using the trademarked SOPS name when referring to the program and
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/858.html
April 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Hospitals With More Vulnerable Maternity Patients, Study Finds
Most hospitals adhere to nurse staffing guidelines … In the study, published in Nursing Outlook , researchers estimated the relationship between hospital … characteristics and adherence with nurse staffing guidelines published by the Association of Women’s … They found that nurses reported strong adherence to staffing guidelines in their hospitals; but higher
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/day-of-discharge.pdf
February 19, 2021 - Sampling Guidelines
These sampling guidelines will help you understand who is eligible to be included … Please review these guidelines for determining whom to include in your
sample frame:
• Children … • Patients to be discharged to nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities
— This applies to … patients with a “Discharge Status” (UB-04 field
location 17) of “03 – Skilled nursing facility,” “ … 61 – SNF Swing bed
within hospital,” or “64 – Certified Medicaid nursing facility.”
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ltc-quality-measures.html
December 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Long-term skilled nursing care for a loved one goes beyond basic needs such as food, water, and shelter … Ivory is Senior Director of Nursing Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Executive Nursing … Administration and Associate Professor at the Office of Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research … at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.