Patient falls within the hospital setting continue to be a significant challenge globally with almost one million hospital falls occurring in the U.S. annually.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are many theories, models, and frameworks that have been proposed in the field of implementation science. Despite this, many evidence implementation or practice improvement projects do not consider these theories, models, or frameworks in their improvement efforts. The JBI approach is one example of an implementation theory, model, or framework.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objective: Advance care planning (ACP) communication and documentation are often inadequate, leading to care that is inconsistent with patients' preferences and moral dilemmas for family members. Nurses are patient advocates optimally positioned to initiate ACP but many feel that they lack the training and skills to navigate these conversations. The objective of this project was to increase nurses' capacity to engage in ACP.
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