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A Review of Best Practices for Monitoring and Improving Inpatient Pediatric Patient Experiences. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
ContextAchieving high-quality patient-centered care requires assessing patient and family experiences to identify opportunities for improvement. With the Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey, hospitals can assess ...
Hays, Ron D   +3 more
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A qualitative study of professional and carer perceptions of the threats to safe hospital discharge for stroke and hip fracture patients in the English National Health Service [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Hospital discharge is a vulnerable transitional stage in patient care. This qualitative study investigated the views of healthcare professionals and patients about the threats to safe hospital discharge with aim of identifying contributory ...
A Forster   +21 more
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Healthcare services managers: what information do they need and use? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Objectives: To gain insight into the information behaviour of healthcare services managers as they draw on information while engaged in decision making unrelated to individual patient care.
Bath, P.A., Booth, A., MacDonald, J.
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Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Instrument Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - Adult Form [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - (RHDS) Adult Form for use in Brazil. Method: a methodological study was conducted in 2015, in Brazil’s federal capital, following the eight stages ...
Carvalho Vila, Vanessa da Silva   +2 more
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"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst": A qualitative interview study on parents' needs and fears in pediatric advance care planning. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Pediatric advance care planning is advocated by healthcare providers because it may increase the chance that patient and/or parent wishes are respected and thus improve end-of-life care.
Borasio, G.D.   +4 more
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The family planning quotient and reproductive life index (FPQ/RepLI) tool: a solution for family planning, reproductive life planning and contraception counseling

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2019
Objective Access to comprehensive and culturally appropriate reproductive life planning is essential to women’s health. Although many strategies and tools exist, few are designed for longitudinal use or provide visual aids.
Jessica M. Madrigal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring shared care plans for older people regarding fulfillment of policy requirements and shared decision making - A qualitative study

open access: yesResearch on Ageing and Social Policy, 2021
The aim was to explore the documentation in shared care plans regarding the fulfilment of policy requirements and shared decision-making. The sample consists of 15 shared care plans established for older people in Sweden.
Anna Condelius, Magdalena Andersson
doaj   +1 more source

An audit to determine the clinical effectiveness of a pathway for managing wound infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Prevention of wound infection is a key objective in the planning of care for patients with wounds. The potential for wound infection, particularly in chronic wounds that are heavily contaminated with bacteria, can be high (Bowler et al, 2001).
Grothier, Lorraine, Stephenson, John
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The process of introduction and implementation of the systematization of the nursing assistance at a hospitalization unit belonging to a private institution: a case study

open access: yesOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2007
The research problem constitutes in the implantation and implementation of the nursing assistance systematization (NAS) at a hospitalization unit belonging to a private sector health institution.
Márcia Barreto, Selma Petra
doaj   +2 more sources

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