Patient Satisfaction and Nursing Visibility
In order to review performance and improvement, data are compressed into an easily interpreted dashboard. A compiled dashboard highlights the variances, compares them to both historic institutional data, and benchmarks the facility against similar facilities. Organizations are able to focus on areas of needed change by interpreting the raw data and analyzing trends (Brown, Aydin, & Donaldson, 2008). The purpose of this assignment is to review a provided dashboard and develop a nursing action plan that will remedy the deficit in the data.
Analysis of the data
The provided dashboard shows a positive correlation between nursing hours and patient satisfaction scores. In the area of nurse sensitive satisfaction …show more content…
Institutions use many methods for nurse handoff and patient report. Within these different methods lie common challenges. For instance, nursing report can be lengthy, and cause nurses to finish shifts late, there is potential for information to be not accurately conveyed creating room for error, and nurses are away from patients during this time leaving a potential for dissatisfied patients or even patient harm. When report is moved in geographic location from the nurses station to the patient bedside, this can eliminate many of these factors (Evans, Grunawait, McClish, Wood, & Friese, …show more content…
By changing a few modes of practice, nursing care can be transformed into a workflow that is healthy for both staff and patients. When caregivers can take part in educational opportunities that focus on self-care and mindfulness, they feel more at peace during their interactions and demonstrate characteristics of holistic health. Making the most of every moment, traditional nursing report can be utilized as a crucial first encounter with patients to assess their individual needs and goals. With intentional hourly rounding, patients are able to meet with their nurses, recognize their availability and visibility, and have their needs satisfied in advance of having to make the request. In circumventing call light usage all together, nurses are better able to structure their workflow in a way that minimizes interruptions and maximizes the care each patient receives through a mindful presence with undivided attention. Through increased patient satisfaction measures, increases in staff satisfaction are also
In order to review performance and improvement, data are compressed into an easily interpreted dashboard. A compiled dashboard highlights the variances, compares them to both historic institutional data, and benchmarks the facility against similar facilities. Organizations are able to focus on areas of needed change by interpreting the raw data and analyzing trends (Brown, Aydin, & Donaldson, 2008). The purpose of this assignment is to review a provided dashboard and develop a nursing action plan that will remedy the deficit in the data.
Analysis of the data
The provided dashboard shows a positive correlation between nursing hours and patient satisfaction scores. In the area of nurse sensitive satisfaction …show more content…
Institutions use many methods for nurse handoff and patient report. Within these different methods lie common challenges. For instance, nursing report can be lengthy, and cause nurses to finish shifts late, there is potential for information to be not accurately conveyed creating room for error, and nurses are away from patients during this time leaving a potential for dissatisfied patients or even patient harm. When report is moved in geographic location from the nurses station to the patient bedside, this can eliminate many of these factors (Evans, Grunawait, McClish, Wood, & Friese, …show more content…
By changing a few modes of practice, nursing care can be transformed into a workflow that is healthy for both staff and patients. When caregivers can take part in educational opportunities that focus on self-care and mindfulness, they feel more at peace during their interactions and demonstrate characteristics of holistic health. Making the most of every moment, traditional nursing report can be utilized as a crucial first encounter with patients to assess their individual needs and goals. With intentional hourly rounding, patients are able to meet with their nurses, recognize their availability and visibility, and have their needs satisfied in advance of having to make the request. In circumventing call light usage all together, nurses are better able to structure their workflow in a way that minimizes interruptions and maximizes the care each patient receives through a mindful presence with undivided attention. Through increased patient satisfaction measures, increases in staff satisfaction are also