Nursing Process Toolkit
A toolkit designed to provide resources to support quality nursing care. The kit offers tools that can be used for performance improvement and risk assessment of critical nursing processes.Patient Safety Performance Improvement Tools
Measuring processes related to patient safety is important in determing the effectiveness of the processes. This section contains tools that can be used to measure effectiveness of a variety of processes using different methods such as nursing accountability and risk assessment.
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Unit-Based Nursing Scorecard
Sample score card to present unit based performance improvement indicators.
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Quarterly Nursing Scorecard
Sample quarterly score card to display performance improvement results on a quarterly basis.
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Nursing Responsibility Risk Assessment
A risk assessment tool to evaluate processes that require specific training and supervision by a registered nurse.
Patient Safety Program Assessment Tools
Evaluating the current patient safety program is a good way to identify gaps between current practice and best practices. Below are multiple tools that can be used to evaluate the current state of patient safety in your organization against best practices.
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AHRQ - The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool and User's Guide
The AHRQ provides a tool to evaluate and assess the understanding of patient educational materials.
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Institute of Healthcare Improvement - Patient Safety Self-Assessment Tool
IHI provides assessment tools for patient safety process improvement measures.
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U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs - Patient Safety Assessment Tool (PSAT)
The VA Center for Patient Safety provides an assessment tool to assist healthcare organizations in conducting an objective assessment of their patient safety processes and program.
Nursing Rounding Tools
Rounding is an effective patient safety and satisfaction tool, but it can be a daunting task to achieve. Provided in this section are tools to help develop rounding processes that provide meaningful information to inform patient care.
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Readiness Rounds: 9 Approaches to Patient Satisfaction Real Time
Tools and tactics to improve patient satisfaction in your organization.
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University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center: Purposeful Hourly Rounding
Provides a step-by-step approach to implementing purposeful hourly rounding.
Nursing Communication Tools
Communication breakdowns can be a root cause in many adverse events in healthcare. Therefore, developing processes to improve communication among staff is an important aspect of any patient safety program. Tools are provided in this section to help improve communication at critical transfers of patient care.
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Sample Bedside Shift Report Letter
Provides verbiage that can be given to patients upon their admission to your healthcare organization explaining the bedside shift report process.
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Bedside Shift Report Guidelines and Key Words
Guidelines for the bedside shift report process can increase patient safety and improve quality of care.
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Bedside Shift Report Tips
Tips to successfully hardwire bedside shift reports in your organization.