The Journal of nursing administration
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Nurse leaders influence decisions related to single patient rooms or multioccupancy room designs. The purpose of this facility design article is to expand nurse leaders' knowledge and competency in health facility design enabling them to lead design efforts and the transition to new facilities and models of care. This article describes the new standard of all-private rooms for adult and neonatal ICU care and defines the benefits of the single family room design on patients, families, and providers.
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In this project, 2 performance improvement (PI) methodologies were used to evaluate the process of nursing admission and history collection. Nurses have a responsibility to methodically assess bedside care, ensuring that practice changes do not merely add on to an often inefficient workload but add value. This article illustrates the use of PI to modify the initial nursing inpatient admission assessment process.
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Nurse administrators are challenged to determine the best use of limited resources to support organizational patient safety improvement efforts. This article reviews the literature on techniques to reduce errors and improve patient safety in hospitals with a focus on team training initiatives. Implications for nurse administrators are discussed.
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Multicenter Study
Hourly rounding implementation: a multisite description of structures, processes, and outcomes.
This study identifies structures, processes, and outcomes associated with hourly nurse rounding. ⋯ This study provides evidence that frequent reevaluation of structures and processes promote achievement of desired outcomes in relation to hourly rounding. The authors recommend abandonment of routinization and adoption of flexibility to sustain successful implementation of hourly rounding.
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: This project describes the development and testing of the actual scope of nursing practice questionnaire. ⋯ : This instrument can help nurse leaders increase the effective use of RN time in carrying out the full scope of their professional practice.