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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Institute of Medicine"”.
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Characterizing the Factors Associated with Women’s Adherence to Institute of Medicine Gestational Weight Gain Guidelines and Assessing a Possible Role for Mobile Health through the Evaluation of a Pregnancy-Specific Application SmartMoms Canada
… infants. Excessive GWG and maternal obesity are of high priority to public health across many nations. Improving maternal and child health can be achieved by encouraging women to meet Institute of Medicine (IOM) weight gain recommendations, sound clinical guidance, and other forms of support. …
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Developing A Facilitated Pathway For Associate Degree Nursing Graduates to Enroll In An Rn-Bsn Program
<p> Research linking higher levels of nursing education to improved patient outcomes and The Future of Nursing report (Institute of Medicine [IOM]) recommendation to increase the number of BSN graduates has renewed interest among nurse leaders to create new and innovative pathways for nurses to …
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Eliminating waste in US health care: evaluating accountable care organizations as a model for quality sustainable care
… care expenditures, accounting for 17.9 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Health care spending increased by 3.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to surpass 20 percent of GDP by 2020. An investigation of national trends in health spending conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) …
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One Hospital’s Journey to Create a Culture of Safety
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports in 1999, To Err is Human – Building a Safer Health System and 2001, Crossing the Quality Chasm sought to transform the culture of American hospitals. The culture of blame needed to become a culture of safety if we were ever to reduce and prevent errors and …
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ADVANCING COMMUNICATION OF MEDICAL ERROR: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TRANSGRESSION AND TRANSPARENCY
Over the past two decades the world of medicine has witnessed an about-face in publicly endorsed attitudes toward medical errors - from concealment, cover-up, and turning a blind eye to transparency, acknowledgment, and prevention. Medical error is a pervasive problem, with the Institute of …
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Interprofessional Team Training in the Pediatric Life Support Program: Effects on Teamwork and Quality of Resuscitations
… contributor to adverse patient events. The Institute of Medicine, The Joint Commission, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality all advocate for training to improve teamwork and patient safety, but the methods and related expenses of team training initiatives vary considerably. …
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Autonomous Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Position Paper and Action Plan for Change
… practitioner practice has been a dominant professional issue. Professional autonomy means allowing professionals to have substantial control over professional practice, including the ability to independently exercise their judgment. Nurse Practitioners working in restrictive practice …
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Experiences of African American students in pre-licensure schools of nursing: a qualitative descriptive study
Despite more than 40 years of research and governmental support, African Americans continue to be underrepresented in the nursing profession compared to the population it serves. Though some progress has been made over the past 20 years, the American Nurses Association (ANA), American Association …
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IMPROVING QUALITY AND EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND NURSING - A PSYCHIATRIC SBAR TOOL (PSYCH)
… (PSYCH)</p> <p>Karen Richards</p> <p>University of San Francisco</p> <p>Abstract</p> <p>Effective communication is the cornerstone of providing safety and quality healthcare. However, nursing and providers often share information inequitably, as these disciplines are trained differently regarding …
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Validating Targeted Behavioral Markers for Teamwork Skill and Performance Outcomes in Simulation
The National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, asserts healthcare providers must demonstrate competency in teamwork (IOM, 2001). TeamSTEPPs® is a comprehensive instructional framework developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Department of Defense to …
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Perceptions of the BSN: what nurses think and the factors that influence those perceptions
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has set a goal that 80% of nurses will be educated at the baccalaureate level or higher by the year 2020. Currently, only about 50% of nurses are educated at that level. To achieve that goal, significant work must be done to encourage nurses to return to school. …
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Caution: Line-of-Sight in ICU Designs
<p>It has been estimated that by the end of 2015, the U.S. will spend approximately $200 billion in new healthcare facilities construction. Infection prevention, patient and family satisfaction, and technologies influence contemporary designs of critical care units. All of these impacts have …
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Vitamin D and Athletic Performance: A Critical Assessment for Coaches and Athletes
In addition to the well-established role of vitamin D in bone health, there is evidence to suggest that vitamin D may also be associated with the prevention of a wide array of non-skeletal, autoimmune, and chronic diseases. In addition, correlational studies suggest that maintaining a sufficient …
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Vitamin D and Athletic Performance: A Critical Assessment for Coaches and Athletes
In addition to the well-established role of vitamin D in bone health, there is evidence to suggest that vitamin D may also be associated with the prevention of a wide array of non-skeletal, autoimmune, and chronic diseases. In addition, correlational studies suggest that maintaining a sufficient …
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Understanding RN workforce education in the rural North-Central Region of Michigan
… nursing workforce are proliferating. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) challenged the nursing profession by setting the goal of having 80% of the nation's nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level (BSN) or higher by 2020. This is an ambitious goal given that, nationally, only 50% of nurses …
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Competency Guide For Intrathecal Pump Nurses
… for healthcare providers to improve the quality of care, which benefits not only patients but the whole population. Due to the increasing cost of health insurance, society is forced to bear the cost of poor care for patients. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) stunned the nation in 1999 with, “To …
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Use Of Teach-Back During Informed Consent In Cancer Clinical Trials
<p>Five percent of the 1.8 million patients diagnosed with cancer in the United States (US) enroll annually in a clinical trial (American Cancer Society, 2021; Institute of Medicine Committee on Cancer Clinical Trials; National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Program, 2010). Flawed research …
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Weight Gain Counselling in Prenatal Care: Assessing and Improving Patient-Healthcare Provider Interactions
… that gestational weight gain (GWG) outside of the Institute of Medicine recommendations is a modifiable risk factor for pregnancy complications, regardless of a woman’s pre-pregnancy body mass index. Objectives: Given that not all prenatal healthcare providers (HCPs) are aware of these …
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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS ON THE INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
<p>Interprofessional Education (IPE) is not unique as it is a concept that has been advocated for more than 40 years by the Institute of Medicine (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association [ASHA], 2016). Interprofessional education occurs “when two or more professions learn about, from, and with …
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The lived experiences of Indian nurses working in the United States : perceptions and attitudes towards nurse-physician collaboration
… over the past decade in the USA. The release of three reports from the Institute of Medicine implicated poor communication and collaboration among nurses and physicians as a major contributing factor to the incidence of sentinel events and medical errors. Despite the growing awareness of the …
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