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The effectiveness of newborn safety information and acknowledgement in preventing inpatient newborn falls
(2017-09-19)
Newborn falls can occur in the immediate postpartum period. The purpose of this capstone project was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Newborn Safety Information and Acknowledgement tool in impacting inpatient newborn ...
The relationship between just culture, trust, and patient safety
(3/22/2018)
OBJECTIVES: This study explored the difference in the perception of trust between nurse leaders and direct care nurses in a Just Culture, and the impact this may have on patient safety related to voluntary reporting of ...
Hourly rounding and fall prevention: A change process
(5/9/2018)
Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing older adult patients living in nursing homes. The focus of this project was to implement an hourly rounding fall prevention protocol in a nursing home that provides ...
Verification methods of nasogastric and orogastric tubes: Improved patient outcomes through nurse adherence to practice guidelines
(2017-01-09)
Although there are various methods that are used to confirm the placement of nasogastric (NG) and orogastric (OG) tubes prior to the administration of any substance, there is none that is used universally and with certainty ...
Reducing medication administration errors
Would medication administration errors be reduced with adequate nursing staff and through performing multiple safety checks prior to and during medication administration in the clinical setting?
Bedside shift report
In medical-surgical patients, how does going into each room for report affect hospital errors and improve patient safety?
Implementation of an intra-hospital transport safety checklist in a pediatric emergency department
Intra-hospital transports (IHT) are high risk events with potential for adverse patient outcomes. The care of a patient in our emergency department (ED) needing IHT to the intensive care unit (ICU) identified opportunities ...
Epinephrine in anaphylaxis: Assessing knowledge gaps in administration and strategies to mitigate error
Given the low volume, high-risk situation which necessitates Epinephrine treatment in anaphylaxis, gaps in knowledge and practice were observed, resulting in error. A hypothesis was developed that nurses educated prior to ...
Improving baccalaureate nursing students' critical thinking ability through the initiation of patient safety simulations
(4/4/2016)
Patient safety is the priority objective within the healthcare system (Harjai & Tiwari, 2009; Robert & Petersen, 2013; Robson, Clark, Pinnock, White, & Baxendale, 2013; Vaismoradi, Salsali, & Marck, ...
Infusing quality and safety education for nurses into your curriculum: A workshop funded by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(3/22/2017)
The QSEN Competencies include implementation of quality improvement strategies, evidence-based practice, patient safety, integration of informatics into patient care and health management, patient centeredness in care ...