Nursing work is an integral part of hospital work.Under the challenge of the COVID-19 epidemic,it is particularly important to establish a timely and efficient nursing management system.The nursing department of our h...Nursing work is an integral part of hospital work.Under the challenge of the COVID-19 epidemic,it is particularly important to establish a timely and efficient nursing management system.The nursing department of our hospital used the theory and method of feedforward control to formulate the emergency plan for epidemic prevention and control and to conduct drills.The plan includes the establishment of the emergency management system for epidemic nursing and key prevention and control positions,rational allocation of human resources,and strengthening personnel training,so as to ensure the efficient operation of nursing epidemic prevention and control work and provide a reference for nursing management mode during the epidemic.展开更多
The management systems currently used in the Italian healthcare sector provide fragmented and incomplete information on this system and are generally unlikely to give accurate information on the performances of the he...The management systems currently used in the Italian healthcare sector provide fragmented and incomplete information on this system and are generally unlikely to give accurate information on the performances of the healthcare processes. The present paper introduces a combined discrete event simulation (DES)/business process management (BPM) approach as innovative means to study the workflow of the activities within the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the “San Paolo” Hospital in Naples (Italy). After a first “As-Is” analysis to identify the current workflows of the system and to gather information regarding its behaviour, a following DES-based “What-If” analysis is implemented to figure out alternative work hypotheses in order to highlight possible modifications to the system’s response under varying operating conditions and improve its overall performances. The structure of the simulation program is explained and the results of the scenario analysis are discussed. The paper starts with a brief exploration of the use of DES in healthcare and ends with general observations on the subject.展开更多
Through the phased construction,the breast specialty traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)nursing clinic of our hospital has achieved good results.From 2017 to 2019,the number of patients increased by 7.6%,and the clinica...Through the phased construction,the breast specialty traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)nursing clinic of our hospital has achieved good results.From 2017 to 2019,the number of patients increased by 7.6%,and the clinical cure rate increased by 9.4%.Take the breast specialty TCM nursing clinic of our hospital as an example,introduce the registration method of TCM nursing clinic,the TCM nurse home call qualification,service mode,and the clinical diagnosis and treatment effect of specialty TCM nursing.It is pointed out that the construction of TCM nursing clinic needs to be guided by clinical efficacy,and to provide patients with professional TCM care through clear positioning,disease refinement,medical division of labor,and highlighting the technical characteristics of TCM nursing.By reviewing the construction and development of breast specialty TCM nursing clinic in our hospital,we introduced the experience in detail,in order to provide ideas and guidance for the construction of other clinical specialty TCM nursing clinic.展开更多
Introduction: Self evaluation is a process that defines and collects required data to judge about decision making issues at educational system on whether the educational department is fit to educate students? The obje...Introduction: Self evaluation is a process that defines and collects required data to judge about decision making issues at educational system on whether the educational department is fit to educate students? The objective of this study was determining the quality of the structural elements of the department of Communicable Diseases & determining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to improve the quality of activities in the department under research. Materials and Methods: The employed method was Mixed methods (qualitative & quantitative research), on the basis of 10 procedural steps and within 8 sections dealing with evaluated factors;such as 1) organizational and management structure 2) scientific board members 3) students 4) Manpower 5) Space of educational research and health care 6) Equipment 7) curriculum 8) satisfaction of graduates, which were studied using 61 criteria and 172 indicators. Five-point Likert Scale was used for the responses in the questionnaire (1 - 1.75 = undesirable, to 4.2 - 5 completely desirable). Finally the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indices and the assessment software of the Educational Development Center of TUMS. The instruments used in this method included assessment software, interview, observation and self-prepared questionnaire which consisted of 7 questionnaires and 2 check lists. Finding: The results of the research showed that general average of 8 investigating sections was 56.9% as a rather desirable research work. Conclusions: Therefore, it was concluded that function of the educational management in that group was directly in line with evaluation process, but continuing the process of evaluation seems necessary.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the effect of a pain management core competency education program on surgical nurses’pain knowledge and pain management nursing practice behaviors.Methods:An 8-h education program focused on ...Objective:To investigate the effect of a pain management core competency education program on surgical nurses’pain knowledge and pain management nursing practice behaviors.Methods:An 8-h education program focused on pain management core competency was provided twice in two weeks including the multidimensional nature of pain,pain assessment,pharmacological and nonpharmacological management,and knowledge application was developed and implemented for surgical nurses by a multidisciplinary team.Multimodal teaching approaches such as didactic teaching and vignettes of cases for nurses to discuss were used.The Clinical Pain Knowledge Test(CPKT)was completed by 135 and 107 nurses from 17 surgical wards pre and post-program,respectively.Two hundred and three patients’medical records were randomly sampled according to the number of operations in each ward one week before and in the fifth week after the intervention,respectively.Documentation of patients’postoperative pain management nursing practice behaviors and pain intensity scores were collected.Results:After the intervention,the CPKT scores of nurses significantly increased from 45.6%±12.3%to 54.2%±10.2%(t=5.786,P<0.001).Nurses’postoperative pain management nursing practice improved,with proportion of pain assessment documentation increased from 59.6%(121/203)to 74.9%(152/203)(χ^(2)=10.746,P=0.001),those using pain intensity assessment tools increased from 81.8%(99/121)to 95.4%(145/152)(χ^(2)=13.079,P<0.001),and intramuscular injection of nonopioids decreased from 12.6%(13/103)to 2.7%(3/111)(χ^(2)=7.598,P=0.006).Patients’average worst pain score on the operation day significantly decreased(Z=-2.486,P=0.013),and scores from the first to the third postoperative day also decreased(Z=-2.172,P=0.030).Conclusions:Implementation of a pain management core competency education program for surgical nurses can increase their knowledge of core competencies of pain management,improve selected pain management practices,and decrease patients’postoperative pain intensity.展开更多
The implementation of value based purchasing will bring major changes to the delivery of health care in the United States. This effort is being led by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicaid...The implementation of value based purchasing will bring major changes to the delivery of health care in the United States. This effort is being led by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicaid and private insurance plans are developing similar programs. These programs reflect a change in pay or incentives in the direction of primary and ambulatory care at the community level. This study described the use of nursing case management as a tool for monitoring and coordinating the impact of value based programs at the community level. It suggested that, under these programs, nursing case management can contribute to reduction of hospital admissions/discharges, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions. This can be accomplished through monitoring of utilization levels for these indicators. These are major objectives of MACRA and related programs. The study also suggested that nursing case management can contribute to the development of new programs, such as Complex Care, as a means of reaching these objectives. The study included estimates of the costs and benefits of using case management to reduce hospital admissions for low severity of illness patients at the community level. It suggested that the service can provide important opportunities for health planning and development in this area.展开更多
文摘Nursing work is an integral part of hospital work.Under the challenge of the COVID-19 epidemic,it is particularly important to establish a timely and efficient nursing management system.The nursing department of our hospital used the theory and method of feedforward control to formulate the emergency plan for epidemic prevention and control and to conduct drills.The plan includes the establishment of the emergency management system for epidemic nursing and key prevention and control positions,rational allocation of human resources,and strengthening personnel training,so as to ensure the efficient operation of nursing epidemic prevention and control work and provide a reference for nursing management mode during the epidemic.
文摘The management systems currently used in the Italian healthcare sector provide fragmented and incomplete information on this system and are generally unlikely to give accurate information on the performances of the healthcare processes. The present paper introduces a combined discrete event simulation (DES)/business process management (BPM) approach as innovative means to study the workflow of the activities within the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the “San Paolo” Hospital in Naples (Italy). After a first “As-Is” analysis to identify the current workflows of the system and to gather information regarding its behaviour, a following DES-based “What-If” analysis is implemented to figure out alternative work hypotheses in order to highlight possible modifications to the system’s response under varying operating conditions and improve its overall performances. The structure of the simulation program is explained and the results of the scenario analysis are discussed. The paper starts with a brief exploration of the use of DES in healthcare and ends with general observations on the subject.
基金This research was supported by Construction Project of Beijing Specialized TCM Nursing ClinicKey Research Project of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2020-JYB-ZDGG-078).
文摘Through the phased construction,the breast specialty traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)nursing clinic of our hospital has achieved good results.From 2017 to 2019,the number of patients increased by 7.6%,and the clinical cure rate increased by 9.4%.Take the breast specialty TCM nursing clinic of our hospital as an example,introduce the registration method of TCM nursing clinic,the TCM nurse home call qualification,service mode,and the clinical diagnosis and treatment effect of specialty TCM nursing.It is pointed out that the construction of TCM nursing clinic needs to be guided by clinical efficacy,and to provide patients with professional TCM care through clear positioning,disease refinement,medical division of labor,and highlighting the technical characteristics of TCM nursing.By reviewing the construction and development of breast specialty TCM nursing clinic in our hospital,we introduced the experience in detail,in order to provide ideas and guidance for the construction of other clinical specialty TCM nursing clinic.
文摘Introduction: Self evaluation is a process that defines and collects required data to judge about decision making issues at educational system on whether the educational department is fit to educate students? The objective of this study was determining the quality of the structural elements of the department of Communicable Diseases & determining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to improve the quality of activities in the department under research. Materials and Methods: The employed method was Mixed methods (qualitative & quantitative research), on the basis of 10 procedural steps and within 8 sections dealing with evaluated factors;such as 1) organizational and management structure 2) scientific board members 3) students 4) Manpower 5) Space of educational research and health care 6) Equipment 7) curriculum 8) satisfaction of graduates, which were studied using 61 criteria and 172 indicators. Five-point Likert Scale was used for the responses in the questionnaire (1 - 1.75 = undesirable, to 4.2 - 5 completely desirable). Finally the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indices and the assessment software of the Educational Development Center of TUMS. The instruments used in this method included assessment software, interview, observation and self-prepared questionnaire which consisted of 7 questionnaires and 2 check lists. Finding: The results of the research showed that general average of 8 investigating sections was 56.9% as a rather desirable research work. Conclusions: Therefore, it was concluded that function of the educational management in that group was directly in line with evaluation process, but continuing the process of evaluation seems necessary.
基金supported by the IASP Developing Countries Project:Initiative for Improving Pain Education.
文摘Objective:To investigate the effect of a pain management core competency education program on surgical nurses’pain knowledge and pain management nursing practice behaviors.Methods:An 8-h education program focused on pain management core competency was provided twice in two weeks including the multidimensional nature of pain,pain assessment,pharmacological and nonpharmacological management,and knowledge application was developed and implemented for surgical nurses by a multidisciplinary team.Multimodal teaching approaches such as didactic teaching and vignettes of cases for nurses to discuss were used.The Clinical Pain Knowledge Test(CPKT)was completed by 135 and 107 nurses from 17 surgical wards pre and post-program,respectively.Two hundred and three patients’medical records were randomly sampled according to the number of operations in each ward one week before and in the fifth week after the intervention,respectively.Documentation of patients’postoperative pain management nursing practice behaviors and pain intensity scores were collected.Results:After the intervention,the CPKT scores of nurses significantly increased from 45.6%±12.3%to 54.2%±10.2%(t=5.786,P<0.001).Nurses’postoperative pain management nursing practice improved,with proportion of pain assessment documentation increased from 59.6%(121/203)to 74.9%(152/203)(χ^(2)=10.746,P=0.001),those using pain intensity assessment tools increased from 81.8%(99/121)to 95.4%(145/152)(χ^(2)=13.079,P<0.001),and intramuscular injection of nonopioids decreased from 12.6%(13/103)to 2.7%(3/111)(χ^(2)=7.598,P=0.006).Patients’average worst pain score on the operation day significantly decreased(Z=-2.486,P=0.013),and scores from the first to the third postoperative day also decreased(Z=-2.172,P=0.030).Conclusions:Implementation of a pain management core competency education program for surgical nurses can increase their knowledge of core competencies of pain management,improve selected pain management practices,and decrease patients’postoperative pain intensity.
文摘The implementation of value based purchasing will bring major changes to the delivery of health care in the United States. This effort is being led by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicaid and private insurance plans are developing similar programs. These programs reflect a change in pay or incentives in the direction of primary and ambulatory care at the community level. This study described the use of nursing case management as a tool for monitoring and coordinating the impact of value based programs at the community level. It suggested that, under these programs, nursing case management can contribute to reduction of hospital admissions/discharges, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions. This can be accomplished through monitoring of utilization levels for these indicators. These are major objectives of MACRA and related programs. The study also suggested that nursing case management can contribute to the development of new programs, such as Complex Care, as a means of reaching these objectives. The study included estimates of the costs and benefits of using case management to reduce hospital admissions for low severity of illness patients at the community level. It suggested that the service can provide important opportunities for health planning and development in this area.