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Documentation in long-term care facilities and home healthcare settings is crucial for ensuring continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive care for patients. Each setting has its specific documentation processes and tools:
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01:21Planning Nursing Care I
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The planning phase of the nursing process helps nurses set priorities, outline patient-centered goals and expected outcomes, and tailor nursing interventions to align with the aligned care plan. Through the planning phase, the nurse applies critical thinking skills to align and develop interventions according to the patient's needs. It provides continuity of care allowing patients to receive the maximum benefit from treatment. It serves as a pilot plan for allocating individual staff to a...
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01:15Nursing Evaluation
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The evaluation stage signals the end of the nursing process. The nurse gathers evaluative data to assess whether or not the patient has attained the expected results. Whereas the nurse collects data in the nursing assessment to identify the patient's health concerns, the evaluation stage data determines if the indicated health issues are resolved. Evaluative data collection includes two sections: the data acquired to evaluate patient outcomes and the time criteria for data collection.
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01:19Restorative Care
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Restorative care is provided once a patient has been discharged from a healthcare facility and requires additional services. The additional services include home care, rehabilitation programs, and extended care. Restorative care centers help the patient regain their previous level of functioning or acquire a new level of functioning due to the incapacitating effects of a disease or a disability. It aims to assist patients in enhancing their quality of life by encouraging independence,...
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01:30Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II
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01:29Planning Nursing Care II
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A nursing care plan can present in two forms: informal and formal. Informal is a care plan for the individual use of the nurse and goals they wish to accomplish during their shift. Informal care plans are not included in the patient chart. A formal nursing care plan is a written or computerized guide that organizes patient care. It is further subdivided into two: standardized and individualized care plans. Standardized care plans are pre-populated care plans for specific patient populations,...
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Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to Decrease Risk When Developing a Home Health Nurse Residency Program.
1Author Affiliation: Clinical Excellence Department, Advocate Health: Continuing Health Division, West Allis, Wisconsin.
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Summary
Home health care agencies can safely onboard new graduate nurses using a structured residency program. A failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) reduced onboarding risks by 42%, improving patient safety.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Home Health Care
Background:
- Home health care (HHC) traditionally does not recruit new graduate nurses.
- Staffing shortages are prompting HHC agencies to consider hiring graduate nurses.
- Concerns exist regarding the risks associated with transitioning novice nurses into HHC.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and implement a nurse residency program for safely transitioning graduate nurses into the HHC setting.
- To mitigate risks associated with onboarding inexperienced nurses in a complex care environment.
Main Methods:
- A quality improvement project was undertaken to design a nurse residency program.
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was utilized to identify potential risks.
- Risk mitigation strategies were developed and applied based on FMEA findings.
Main Results:
- The implementation of harm reduction tactics, identified through FMEA, reduced the overall risk of onboarding graduate nurses in HHC by 42%.
- The nurse residency program effectively addressed identified areas of concern.
Conclusions:
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a valuable tool for proactively identifying and mitigating risks in healthcare settings.
- The developed nurse residency program successfully facilitated the safe transition of graduate nurses to home health care.
- This approach supports workforce development in HHC while maintaining patient safety standards.