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Direct linkMadeline Sands; Ben Tidwell; Robert Aunger – Evaluation Review, 2025
This study tested a 'wise' intervention (quick prompt of a specific psychological mec) in acute care hospital units to improve nurses' hand hygiene compliance (HHC). A multiple baseline design in two medical-surgical teaching hospitals in the United States. Hand hygiene data was collected using an electronic compliance monitoring system with…
Descriptors: Nurses, Hygiene, Disease Control, Occupational Safety and Health
Malone, Susan Kohl; Bergren, Martha Dewey – Journal of School Nursing, 2010
Vigilance has been central to nursing practice since Florence Nightingale. Often, the nurse's work of surveillance goes unnoticed and the public never recognizes the value of the nurse's work. The 1999 Institute of Medicine report on hospital deaths due to preventable errors has lifted the veil shrouding professional vigilance. But how to measure…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Nursing, Literature Reviews, Medical Care Evaluation
Longo, Daniel R.; Hewett, John E.; Ge, Bin; Schubert, Shari – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context and Purpose: With heightened attention to medical errors and patient safety, we surveyed Utah and Missouri hospitals to assess the "state of the art" in patient safety systems and identify changes over time. This study examines differences between urban and rural hospitals. Methods: Survey of all acute care hospitals in Utah and…
Descriptors: Safety, Hospitals, Factor Analysis, Rural Areas
Download full textBurt, Martha R.; And Others – 1984
This study evaluates how grantees of the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP) implemented their teen pregnancy and parenting programs and how program participation affected the lives of clients. Chapter I outlines the structure and history of the evaluation project. Chapter II highlights the major client outcomes of OAPP-funded projects…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Early Parenthood
Peer reviewedRubenstein, Lisa V.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A study evaluated the impact of the reorganization of the academic Sepulveda (California) Veterans' Administration medical center toward primary and ambulatory care. Surveys of several thousand patients were linked to computerized utilization and mortality data and related to the center's strategic plan and goals. Substantial improvement in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRubenstein, Lisa V.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
The process of change at the academic Sepulveda (California) Veterans' Administration hospital during implementation of a new ambulatory primary care program was examined through individual or focus group interviews with 63 managers, house officers, and patients. Major problems included administrative integration of in- and outpatient services;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Efficiency
