Patient Safety and Quality


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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/




Making Health Care Safer


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"This project aimed to collect and critically review the existing evidence on practices relevant to improving patient safety"--P. v.




United States Code


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Nursing Home Care in the United States


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Speech-Language Pathologist's Guide to Home Health Care


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Roberta B. Pierce has worked extensively with patients of all ages and all types of communication disorders for over thirty years. She has experience in an out-patient rehabilitation center, a rehabilitation hospital, an acute care hospital, and private practice. Since 1975, she has contracted to provide speech-language pathology services to home health agencies. She shares this expertise with clinicians just entering the home health field in the "Speech-Language Pathologist's Guide to Home Health Care". This book contains reference materials, patient and family counseling and education materials, and treatment activities that are invaluable for working with the adult neurogenic population in all healthcare settings. Content coverage includes: diagnostics; documentation; counseling the patient and family; treatment procedures; and therapy activities.










Home Care Nursing Practice


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"This text covers conceptual information, leadership skills and current issues and trends. It provides clear and concise information about the best practices and quality improvement for the most common clinical conditions seen in home care." --Cover.