Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Referral and Consultation"
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Effect of Clinical Pathway Implementation on Outpatient Wait Time to Urgent Specialty Appointment
(2018-03-02)Untoward wait time between a primary care referral and initial urgent specialty care appointment was identified during a root cause analysis at the project facility. Ambiguous role responsibilities and unclear referral ... -
Impacting Nursing Stress: The Implementation of a Standardized Referral Process in the Outpatient Pediatric Care Setting
(2018-06-25)Aim. This DNP project was aimed at reducing process time and stress levels perceived by nurses working in three outpatient pediatric offices. Background. Nursing stress has been studied for decades. Research studies have ... -
Predictors of Hospitalized Patients' Access to Postdischarge Home Health Services
An ex post facto study was conducted to identify factors associated with diabetic patients' access to home health services following hospital discharge. The Andersen (Aday, Fleming, & Andersen, 1984) model of access served ... -
Utilizing an order set in a computerized provider entry system to increase speech pathology referrals in adult head and neck cancer patients
(6/26/2018)Introduction. Treatment of head and neck cancers may include radiation therapy and side effects will result in swallowing difficulties that can lead to feeding tube use, malnutrition, and reductions in quality of life. ...
