Using audit and feedback to increase clinician adherence to clinical practice guidelines in brain injury rehabilitation: v [PDF]
ObjectiveThis study evaluated whether frequent (fortnightly) audit and feedback cycles over a sustained period of time (>12 months) increased clinician adherence to recommended guidelines in acquired brain injury rehabilitation.DesignA before and after ...
Cameron, Ian D. +7 more
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Identifying features associated with higher-quality hospital care and shorter length of admission for people with dementia : a mixed-methods study [PDF]
Background: Concerns have repeatedly been expressed about the quality of inpatient care that people with dementia receive. Policies and practices have been introduced that aim to improve this, but their impact is unclear.
Burns, Alistair +10 more
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Background: The use of a peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) is a common invasive practice in healthcare settings. It is estimated that about 70% of people with PIVCs will develop associated complications, such as infections. It is the consensus that
Fernando Catarino +9 more
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Perception of Portuguese nurses: clinical supervision and quality indicators in nursing care [PDF]
Objectives: to describe nurses’ perception of the influence of clinical supervision on improving quality indicators in nursing care. Methods: exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 16 nurses using the focus group.
Mafalda Sofia Santos Brás Baptista Sérgio +2 more
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Findings From a Nursing Care Audit Based on the Nursing Process: A Descriptive Study
Background Although using the nursing process improves nursing care quality, few studies have evaluated nursing performance in accordance with nursing process steps either nationally or internationally. Objectives
Poortaghi +4 more
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Este estudo descreve o desenvolvimento de um processo de auditoria do Método de Assistência de Enfermagem em uma unidade de internação de um Hospital Universitário.
Michel Maximiano Faraco +1 more
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The discrepancy between actual and unreported incidents of violence in a learning disability nursing service [PDF]
This article is not available through ChesterRep. It can be accessed at http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/mhrg/journal/discrepancy.pdfThis study reports on research carried out within the Learning Disability Division of a major Mental Health NHS Trust in the ...
Lovell, Andy, Skellern, Joanne
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Clinical audit of nursing care related to tissue plasminogen activator drug injection in patients with cerebral thromboembolic stroke: A quasi-experimental study [PDF]
The objective of the current study is to ascertain the clinical audit of nursing care about the administration of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) drugs in patients diagnosed with cerebral thromboembolic stroke.
Mostafa Hamid +3 more
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Opportunities to enhance ward audit: a multi-site qualitative study
Background Hospitals in many countries are encouraged to develop audits to assess and improve the quality of care. Ward audit is a specific form of audit and feedback that is commonly used but little studied.
Michael Sykes +4 more
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Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing [PDF]
Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor.
Conway, A, Langley, S
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