background: the purpose of our study was to assess resident and fellow patient care competency related to chest port catheter insertion after implementation of an educational program and completion of a certification checklist. furthermore, we aimed to measure the impact of this intervention on early infection rates. methods: baseline early infection rates as defined by the cdc were obtained in...

OBJECTIVE To examine hospital nurses' patient safety competencies and the association between these competencies and safety climate. DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. SETTING Three teaching hospitals in Seoul, Korea. PARTICIPANTS In total, 459 nurses from general adult nursing care units, intensive care units or operating rooms (response rate = 87.4%). METHOD Self-administere...

quality and safety of patient care remarkably depend on the competency of healthcare providers. as predominant caregivers, nurses crucially influence the quality of patient care (1). on the other hand, as major educational organizations, nursing schools must offer competent expertise to the students in order to warrant high-quality patient care. in this regard, finding efficient methods to grad...

In this article, lessons learned from the Chronic Care Model are discussed by addressing provider factors that may affect the delivery of care and patient adherence. Specifically, issues related to the provision of culturally competent and sensitive care are discussed in terms of race-concordant and discordant patient-provider relationships. Strategies for beginning and continuing the process o...

BACKGROUND Cultural competency is increasingly recommended in policy and practice to improve end-of-life (EoL) care for minority ethnic groups in multicultural societies. It is imperative to critically analyze this approach to understand its underlying concepts. AIM Our aim was to appraise cultural competency approaches described in the British literature on EoL care and minority ethnic group...

Cultural competency continues to gain increased attention in medicine. Not only does it play a significant role in the delivery of health care and patient outcomes, but it also remains a major determinant of patient satisfaction. This study investigated how patients in an urban dermatology clinic rated their satisfaction with cultural competency. Compared to White patients, satisfaction scores ...