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Dnp Final Report: Practice Change Compliance, Laura Duran

DNP Final Reports

Healthcare professionals in acute care hospital settings at the frontline of patient care affect many aspects of the patient's hospital stay, including infection prevention. The wearing of artificial nails by healthcare professionals in direct patient care is against best practice, although it is often seen. Therefore, the following PICOT question arises: In direct patient care providers who fail to adhere to policy (e.g., artificial nail use per hand hygiene policy) (P), how does a multimodal approach (I) compared to a single approach (education) (C) affect compliance with policy (0) within six months (T)? A systematic review was conducted using CINAHL, …

The Effects Of Staffing Practices On Safety And Quality Of Perioperative Nursing Care – An Integrative Review, Nick Nijkamp, Paula Foran

Journal of Perioperative Nursing

Problem identification
Patients undergoing invasive procedures are highly vulnerable to adverse outcomes. From 2012 to 2013, 5.5 per cent of all inpatient admissions reported an adverse event. Perioperative nurses play an important role in providing safe patient care and acting as the patient advocate. This review of literature aims to examine the effects of perioperative staffing and patient safety. Three common staffing themes that impact the safety and quality of patient care were identified; namely, nurse-to-patient ratios, staff training and staff fatigue.

Literature search
An integrative literature search to identify empirical data surrounding perioperative nursing staffing was conducted via the …