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Creat Nurs ; 23(1): 7-12, 2017 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28196562

ABSTRACT

Since the seminal report by the Institute of Medicine, To Err Is Human, was issued in 1999, significant efforts across the health care industry have been launched to improve the safety and quality of patient care. Recent advances in the safety of health care delivery have included commitment to creating high-reliability organizations (HROs) to enhance existing quality improvement activities. This article will explore key elements of the HRO concept of deference to expertise, describe the structural elements that support nurses and other personnel in speaking up, and provide examples of practical, evidence-based tools to help organizations support and encourage all members of the health care team to speak up.


Subject(s)
Patient Safety , Quality Improvement , Humans , Patient Care Team , Reproducibility of Results , Safety Management
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Adv Emerg Nurs J ; 36(4): 335-47, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25356894

ABSTRACT

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often seek care in the emergency department (ED) for pain associated with vaso-occlusive crises. Research has shown that negative provider attitudes serve as a barrier to care in this patient population. Our aim was to validate a survey that measures attitudes toward SCD patients among ED providers (nurses and physicians) and to compare differences in attitude scores between provider types. We administered the general perceptions about Sickle Cell Disease Patients Scale, previously validated among internal medicine providers, and the Medical Condition Regard Scale (MCRS) to ED nurses and physicians from two EDs. A total of 215 surveys were returned (63% response rate, 200 with attitude items completed). Three subscales were identified: Negative Attitudes, Uneasiness With Care, and Positive Attitudes. Cronbach's αs exceeded 0.81 for each subscale. Mean (SD) scores for the Negative, Uneasiness, and Positive subscales and MCRS were 61.5 (20.3), 66.1 (17.1), 41.2 (17.8), and 42.2 (8.9), respectively. Compared with physicians, nurses had significantly higher mean Negative Attitude scores and lower Uneasiness scores. A slightly modified version of the general perceptions about Sickle Cell Disease Patients Scale appears to be a valid measure of ED provider attitudes toward SCD patients. Among ED providers, this scale identified a dimension not observed in research with the original instrument among internal medicine providers. Provider attitudes influence patient-provider interactions and quality of care. The scale we present here has major clinical implications, particularly for advanced practice nurses, who can use the scale not only to assess providers' attitudes toward SCD patients but also to determine the effectiveness of tailored interventions to improve those attitudes.


Subject(s)
Anemia, Sickle Cell/psychology , Attitude of Health Personnel , Emergency Service, Hospital , Adult , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Female , Humans , Male , North Carolina , Surveys and Questionnaires
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West J Emerg Med ; 15(4): 446-58, 2014 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25035751

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often seek care in emergency departments (EDs) for severe pain. However, there is evidence that they experience inaccurate assessment, suboptimal care, and inadequate follow-up referrals. The aim of this project was to 1) explore the feasibility of applying a failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) in two EDs examining four processes of care (triage, analgesic management, high risk/high users, and referrals made) for patients with SCD, and 2) report the failures of these care processes in each ED. METHODS: A FMECA was conducted of ED SCD patient care at two hospitals. A multidisciplinary group examined each step of four processes. Providers identified failures in each step, and then characterized the frequency, impact, and safeguards, resulting in risk categorization. RESULTS: Many "high risk" failures existed in both institutions, including a lack of recognition of high-risk or high-user patients and a lack of emphasis on psychosocial referrals. Specific to SCD analgesic management, one setting inconsistently used existing analgesic policies, while the other setting did not have such policies. CONCLUSION: FMECA facilitated the identification of failures of ED SCD care and has guided quality improvement activities. Interventions can focus on improvements in these specific areas targeting improvements in the delivery and organization of ED SCD care. Improvements should correspond with the forthcoming National Heart, Lung and Blood-sponsored guidelines for treatment of patients with sickle cell disease.


Subject(s)
Anemia, Sickle Cell/therapy , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Risk Assessment , Female , Humans , Male , Pain Management , Prospective Studies , Quality Improvement , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Triage
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J Pediatr Health Care ; 28(5): 420-8, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24582896

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the impact of a preprocedure education protocol for children who receive a gastrostomy tube (GT). METHODS: A preintervention-postintervention design, using surveys and comparison between preprotocol and postprotocol cohorts, was used to evaluate the effect of implementation of a standardized GT education protocol with 26 subjects on caregiver, patient, and provider outcomes. RESULTS: The use of a preprocedure education protocol resulted in improved patient outcomes and increased caregiver knowledge and confidence and was considered a positive change by the providers. DISCUSSION: Often education is a forgotten part of a medical procedure, and the importance of education is typically only recognized after an adverse event occurs. Establishing a standardized evidence-based education protocol for GT care improves overall care and satisfaction. Use of a systematic and family-centered interdisciplinary approach markedly improves patient care.


Subject(s)
Caregivers/psychology , Enteral Nutrition/psychology , Gastrostomy/psychology , Home Care Services/organization & administration , Adaptation, Psychological , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Clinical Protocols , Enteral Nutrition/methods , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Patient Discharge , Patient Education as Topic , Patient Satisfaction , Surveys and Questionnaires
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J Nurs Adm ; 43(6): 326-8, 2013 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23708500

ABSTRACT

A master's degree in nursing administration prepares the nurse to lead nursing and interprofessional teams, to create new and innovative approaches to improve care processes and outcomes, as well as traditional management responsibilities related to budgets, human resources, quality and safety, and a healthy work environment. Are we not at a critical juncture in our profession when we should challenge the profession to require a master's degree education for all levels of nursing administration?


Subject(s)
Education, Nursing, Graduate , Leadership , Nurse Administrators/education , Attitude of Health Personnel , Clinical Competence , Curriculum , Humans , United States
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Creat Nurs ; 18(2): 57-63, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22856058

ABSTRACT

This article will provide an overview of recent significant activities related to interprofessional education to promote care quality through teamwork and collaboration, followed by a discussion of what nursing schools can do to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to enhance health care team performance and care outcomes.


Subject(s)
Cooperative Behavior , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/standards , Interprofessional Relations , Curriculum , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Professional Competence
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Creat Nurs ; 18(1): 17-24, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22482215

ABSTRACT

Numerous expert sources have reported a reduction in positions available for new graduate nurses, largely because of general economic conditions, although there are conflicting data and significant geographic variances. Nursing education, nursing practice, and new graduates themselves must develop partnerships to better prepare graduates for more challenging employment searches so that these newest members of the nursing workforce are retained and available for practice in preparation for the expected shortage of nurses in the near future.


Subject(s)
Curriculum , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration , Employment/trends , Job Application , Nursing Staff, Hospital/supply & distribution , Humans , United States
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J Biomed Inform ; 44(5): 897-908, 2011 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21396486

ABSTRACT

As healthcare consumers increasingly turn to the World Wide Web (WWW) to obtain health information, it is imperative that health-related websites are user-centered. Websites are often developed without consideration of intended users' characteristics, literacy levels, preferences, and information goals resulting in user dissatisfaction, abandonment of the website, and ultimately the need for costly redesign. This paper provides a methodological review of a user-centered framework that incorporates best practices in literacy, information quality, and human-computer interface design and evaluation to guide the design and redesign process of a consumer health website. Following the description of the methods, a case analysis is presented, demonstrating the successful application of the model in the redesign of a consumer health information website with call center. Comparisons between the iterative revisions of the website showed improvements in usability, readability, and user satisfaction.


Subject(s)
Consumer Health Information/methods , Databases, Factual , Patient Education as Topic/methods , Humans , Internet , User-Computer Interface
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Creat Nurs ; 16(3): 132-5, 2010.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20879622

ABSTRACT

Distance education has traditionally been two-dimensional, with limited interaction. Virtual environments enhance distance education learning through real-time interaction and social collaboration that mimic the real world. Virtual environments offer the option to create social and professional relationships that have been a missing component of distance learning.


Subject(s)
Education, Distance/methods , Education, Nursing/methods , User-Computer Interface , Educational Technology , Humans , United States
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Nurs Outlook ; 57(6): 323-31, 2009.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19942033

ABSTRACT

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project is focused on enhancing nursing curricula and fostering faculty development to support student achievement of quality and safety competencies. The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess student perspectives of quality and safety content in their nursing programs along with self-reported levels of preparedness and perceived importance of the 6 QSEN competencies. Graduating students (n = 565) from 17 US schools of nursing completed an electronic student evaluation survey. Students reported exposure to QSEN knowledge areas, more often in classroom and clinical learning settings than in skills lab/simulation settings. Clinical experience outside of formal education was associated with perceptions of a higher level of preparedness for QSEN skills in several competencies. In general, students reported relatively high levels of preparedness in all types of prelicensure nursing programs and endorsed the importance of quality and safety competencies to professional practice.


Subject(s)
Education, Nursing , Educational Measurement , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Quality of Health Care , Safety Management , Humans , Program Evaluation , United States
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Nurs Outlook ; 57(6): 338-48, 2009.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19942035

ABSTRACT

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project is a national initiative to transform nursing education to integrate quality and safety competencies. This article describes a two-year process to generate educational objectives related to quality and safety competency development in graduate programs that prepare advanced practice nurses in clinical roles. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes for each of 6 competencies are proposed to stimulate development of teaching strategies in programs preparing the next generation of advanced practice nurses.


Subject(s)
Advanced Practice Nursing/education , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Quality of Health Care , Safety Management , Task Performance and Analysis , Competency-Based Education/methods , Curriculum , Humans , Nursing Education Research/methods , Program Development/methods , United States
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Nurs Outlook ; 55(3): 122-31, 2007.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17524799

ABSTRACT

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) addresses the challenge of preparing nurses with the competencies necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they work. The QSEN faculty members adapted the Institute of Medicine(1) competencies for nursing (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics), proposing definitions that could describe essential features of what it means to be a competent and respected nurse. Using the competency definitions, the authors propose statements of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for each competency that should be developed during pre-licensure nursing education. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) faculty and advisory board members invite the profession to comment on the competencies and their definitions and on whether the KSAs for pre-licensure education are appropriate goals for students preparing for basic practice as a registered nurse.


Subject(s)
Clinical Competence , Education, Nursing/standards , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Safety Management , Humans , Nurse's Role , Patient Advocacy , United States
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