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More studies using qualitative and quantitative methods are required to enhance our knowledge of measures needed to improve nurse’ adherence to patient-safety principles and their effects on patient-safety outcomes. Keywords: adherence, quality of care, patient-safety principles, nursing intervention, practice errors, safe care. 1. Introduction
- Guidelines and Safety Practices for Improving Patient Safety
This chapter explains why clinical practice guidelines are...
- Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Whatever the acronym of the method (e.g., TQM, CQI) or tool...
- The long way ahead to achieve an effective patient safety ...
Abstract Background. The safety culture has recently...
- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for ...
Background. Improving patient safety and other dimensions of...
- Guidelines and Safety Practices for Improving Patient Safety
Effective nurse leaders embrace safety protocols that ensure their organization delivers a secure, protective environment that prioritizes patients and caregivers. Establish Effective Communication Protocols. Open dialogue and team collaboration are ways nurses can improve patient care.
Dec 15, 2020 · This chapter explains why clinical practice guidelines are needed to improve patient safety and how further research into safety practices can successfully influence the guideline development process. There is a description of the structured process by which guidelines that aim to increase the likelihood of a higher score are created. Proposals are made relating to (a) the live updating of ...
- Walter Ricciardi, Fidelia Cascini
- 2020/12/15
- 10.1007/978-3-030-59403-9_1
- Measurement of Patient Safety Culture
- Measurement of Safety Nursing Competency
- Limitations
Measuring patient safety culture involves assessing the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of healthcare staff related to patient safety in a healthcare organization. There are several tools and survey instruments available to measure patient safety culture. In this review, two self-reported questionnaires were found to have been applied to unde...
Eight of the studies, or 50% of the literature, in this review showed that nurses were more competent in communicating effectively than working in teams with colleagues, and their overall safety culture score was positive. Likewise, LM Zabin, RSA Zaitoun and AA Abdullah found that both organizational learning and continuous improvement, as well as...
This systematic review study has several limitations. First, we restricted the databases to four primary resources considered suitable for gathering eligible articles for the study purpose. The second is that the delimiters of this review included only articles in English, so some related articles may not have been included. Another limitation that...
Whatever the acronym of the method (e.g., TQM, CQI) or tool used (e.g., FMEA or Six Sigma), the important component of quality improvement is a dynamic process that often employs more than one quality improvement tool. Quality improvement requires five essential elements for success: fostering and sustaining a culture of change and safety, developing and clarifying an understanding of the ...
- Ronda G. Hughes
- 2008/04
- 2008
Abstract Background. The safety culture has recently attracted the attention of healthcare organizations.Considering the importance of the roles of nurses with regard to patient safety, their knowledge and experiences of the challenges that influence patient safety culture can facilitate the development and implementation of better strategies.
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Background. Improving patient safety and other dimensions of health care quality requires change at all four levels of the health care system: (1) the experience of patients during their interactions with individual clinicians; (2) the functioning of small units (microsystems) of care delivery such as surgical teams or nursing units; (3) the practices of organizations that house the ...
