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Using a community of practice to evaluate falls prevention activity in a residential aged care organisation: a clinical audit [PDF]

, 2016
Objective This study evaluates whether a community of practice (CoP) could conduct a falls prevention clinical audit and identify gaps in falls prevention practice requiring action.
Anderson, Benjamin, Berk, Bouwen, Bowie, Cameron, Elo, Francis-Coad, Gibson, Glasziou, Gould, Ivers, Jones, Kitson, Mitchell, Nitz, Oliver, Ranmuthugala, Rapp, Verbeek   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluation of the implementation of the alert issued by the UK National Patient Safety Agency on the storage and handling of potassium chloride concentrate solution [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of the response of NHS hospital trusts to an alert issued by the National Patient Safety Agency designed to limit the availability of concentrated potassium chloride in hospitals in England and Wales, and to ...
Lankshear, A J, Lowson, K V, Sheldon, T A, Watt, I S, Wright, J   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of evidence-based practices in the perineal pain management in the postpartum period

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: To implement strategies for managing perineal pain in puerperal women admitted to a public maternity hospital in São Paulo state and to evaluate their compliance with evidence-based practices.
Raquel Gomes de Oliveira Tomaz, Ana Paula Almeida Brito, Maria Luiza Gonzalez Riesco   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Identifying systems barriers that may prevent bereavement service access to bereaved carers: A report from an Australian specialist palliative care service [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Bereavement follow up is an integral element of palliative care. However, little is known about the systems that link bereavement services with bereaved carers.
Currow, David, Heneka, Nicole, Lobb, Elizabeth A, Mohacsi, Paula, Phillips, Jane   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Auditing of enteral nutrition nursing care in critical care patients

Nursing Practice Today, 2019
Background and Aim: Enteral nutrition standards noncompliance is one of the factors that threatens patient safety.  Auditing is an important part in quality improvement processes.
Tahereh Al-Jalil, Golbahar Gray, Maryam Rasouli, Tooba Hoseini Azizi, Sima Sadat Hejazi*   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Auditoria em enfermagem como estratégia de um marketing profissional Auditoría en enfermería como estrategia de un marketing profesional Nursing audit as a professional marketing strategy

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2004
O trabalho relata uma experiência em auditoria com a equipe interdisciplinar nos serviços públicos de saúde na cidade de Fortaleza-CE e objetiva descrever a dimensão funcional das ações de auditoria e a importância para a enfermagem; definir um modelo ...
Maria Suêuda Costa, Benedita Pessoa Forte, Maria Dalva Santos Alves, Jamille Forte Viana, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The interaction between policy and education using stroke as an example [PDF]

, 2008
This paper discusses the interaction between healthcare policy at the European, UK and Scottish levels and the funding of education that underpins specific health policy priorities.
Aiken, Aiken, Alberts, Booth, Byford, Chapman, Chapman, Charlton, Corea, Demaerschalk, Duncan, Elkins, Fang, Glen, Glen, Hacke, Hoban, LaMonte, Langhorne, Levine, Lindley, Lorraine N. Smith, Louise E. Craig, Matchar, Sandercock, Shiell, Stone, Warlow, Warlow   +28 more
core   +1 more source

A value clarification on quality within Nursing Colleges in Gauteng

Curationis, 2002
Quality assurance in higher education has been legislated. It is therefore necessary to develop a quality audit system for Nursing Colleges in Gauteng.
S. Armstrong, M. Muller
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the educational interventions on improvement of the performance of burning ward nurses

Russian Open Medical Journal, 2020
Introduction — Burning is one of the most accidents with a higher rate of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the status of nursing cares in the burning ward to improve the quality of nursing service following the education.
Hakimeh Hazrati, Leila Vahedi, Firuzeh Shirzad, Reza Khanderoy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source