Evidence-based nursing guidelines were developed on the management and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Forth Valley. After an audit revealed that adherence to the guidelines was generally good, except in terms of providing individualised school-based programmes for children with ADHD, a service was developed to work closely with schools and families to improve th...

AIM To develop an Australian nursing documentation in aged care (Quality of Australian Nursing Documentation in Aged Care (QANDAC)) instrument to measure the quality of paper-based and electronic resident records. METHODS The instrument was based on the nursing process model and on three attributes of documentation quality identified in a systematic review. The development process involved fi...

In the UK, older people who are resident in care homes because of their needs for social support and personal care receive their health care from primary health care. Although there is increasing input from district nurses in care homes (Audit Commission, 1999), there is little knowledge or recognition of the primary care nursing contribution. This paper reviews two types of research literature...

Tympanic thermometers have become a popular alternative to glass mercury thermometers for recording patients' temperatures. This article reviews studies that have been performed to audit their use in clinical practice. It examines the accuracy of tympanic thermometers and discusses ways to improve the use of this instrument and the implications for nursing practice.

Malnutrition affects over three million people in the UK with associated health costs exceeding £13 billion annually.[1] In hospital, malnutrition has been shown to increase complication rates, morbidity, mortality, hospital readmissions, and length of hospital stay.[2] To screen for malnutrition, a reliable and validated screening tool such as the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) s...

OBJECTIVE To introduce clinical audit into a referral hospital in Ethiopia, and whether clinical standards can be improved as a result. BACKGROUND Clinical audit is a method of checking that patient care is delivered to the highest possible level by health care professionals. Practice is measured against agreed guidelines, and is then adjusted to meet the required standard. METHODS Audit wa...

background: accurate and complete documentation of nursing records is one of the preconditions of the evidence-based cares and is considered as one of the most important professional tasks in nursing. the aim of the present study was to audit the nursing reports in intubated neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol. methods: in this cross-sectional ...

BACKGROUND Patient safety is a key concern for nurses; ability to calculate drug doses correctly is an essential skill to prevent and reduce medication errors. Literature suggests that nurses' drug calculation skills should be monitored. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to conduct an educational audit on drug dose calculation learning in a Tanzanian school of nursing. Specific objectives we...

BACKGROUND Outbreak investigation is a core function of public health agencies. Suboptimal outbreak investigation endangers both public health and agency reputations. While audits of clinical medical and nursing practice are conducted as part of continuous quality improvement, public health agencies rarely make systematic use of structured audits to ensure best practice for outbreak responses, ...

BACKGROUND Almost 90 percent of nursing home residents have some type of mobility limitation. Many spend most of their waking hours lying in bed or sitting. Such inactivity can negatively affect residents' health and general well-being. This pilot study aimed to assess (1) the effect of the sit-to-stand activity on mobility outcomes of nursing home residents, (2) the effect of an audit-and-feed...