Below is a list of the current indicators that are being monitored:
1. Nursing hours per patient day (RNs hours to patient day, LPN/LVN hours per patient day, UAP hours per patient day)
2. Nursing Turnover
3. Nosocomial Infections
4. Patient Falls
5. Patient Falls with injury (Injury level)
6. Pressure Ulcer Rate (Community-acquired, Hospital-acquired, Unit-acquired)
7. Pediatric Pain Assessment, Intervention, Reassessment (AIR) cycle
8. Pediatric Peripheral Intravenous Infiltration
9. Psychiatric Physical/Sexual Assault
10. RN Education/Certification
11. RN Survey (Job satisfaction, Practice Environment Scale (PES)
12. Restraints
13. Staff mix (RN, LPN?LVNs, UAP, Percent Agency Staff)
Are any of these indicators currently being monitored at your facility where you work? Do you believe there are additioanl indicators that need to be added to the list? If so, which ones?
What about level of access to evidence-based research for nurses, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team? Also, how much of the policies and procedures are based on evidence.... recent evidence?
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