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Things That Matter To Residents In Nursing Homes And The Nursing Care Implications, Nila Reimer Dec 2013

Things That Matter To Residents In Nursing Homes And The Nursing Care Implications, Nila Reimer

Nila Reimer

A move toward care of residents in nursing homes where they are respected and heard is finally emerging. Common strategies used in nursing homes to improve quality of care for residents are integration of person-centered care and assessing care using satisfaction surveys. Although approaches of integrating person-centered care and satisfaction surveys have been valuable in improving nursing home quality, strategies of care that include things that matter from residents’ perspectives while living in nursing homes need investigation. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe things that residents age 65 and older state matter to them while living …

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A Tool To Assess The Signs And Symptoms Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Development And Reliability, Thomas Blodgett, Sue Gardner, Nicole Blodgett, Lisa Peterson, Melissa Pietraszak Dec 2013

A Tool To Assess The Signs And Symptoms Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Development And Reliability, Thomas Blodgett, Sue Gardner, Nicole Blodgett, Lisa Peterson, Melissa Pietraszak

Thomas Blodgett

The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the inter-rater reliability of four clinical manifestations of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) among hospitalized adults with short-term indwelling urinary catheters using a tool developed for this purpose: the CAUTI Assessment Profile (CAP). Study participants included 30 non-pregnant English-speaking adults, recruited from 2 community hospitals. Three nurses assessed each participant for fever, suprapubic tenderness, flank tenderness, and delirium using standardized techniques. Based on the generalized kappa statistic and 95% confidence intervals, there was evidence of strong inter-rater reliability for fever (kappa = 1.00, 0.793 – 1.207), suprapubic tenderness (kappa = 0.39, …

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A Recovery-Oriented Alternative To Hospital Emergency Departments For Persons In Emotional Distress: “The Living Room”., Mona Shattell Phd, Rn, Faan, Barbara Harris, Josie Beavers, Karen Tomlinson, Lauren Prasek, Suja Geevarghese, Courtney Emery, Michelle Heyland Dec 2013

A Recovery-Oriented Alternative To Hospital Emergency Departments For Persons In Emotional Distress: “The Living Room”., Mona Shattell Phd, Rn, Faan, Barbara Harris, Josie Beavers, Karen Tomlinson, Lauren Prasek, Suja Geevarghese, Courtney Emery, Michelle Heyland

Mona Shattell

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