Publications by authors named "Daran Brown"
Goal: The purpose of this study was to examine nurse staffing while describing the relationships that exist in staffing and quality associated with nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic, a significantly challenging time for nurse staffing. We examined the relationship between permanent registered nurse (RN) and travel RN staffing during the pandemic and the nursing-sensitive outcomes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), falls, and hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and length of stay and compared the cost of CAUTIs, CLABSIs, falls, and HAPIs in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
Methods: We used a descriptive, observational design to retrospectively examine permanent nurse staffing volume and CAUTI, CLABSI, HAPI, and fall counts from October 1, 2019, to February 28, 2022, and travel nurse volume for the most current 12 months, April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022.
A growing body of evidence suggests that the implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) clinical pathway can accelerate recovery and reduce length of stay through the use of a multimodal program that includes guidelines for optimal pain relief, stress reduction, early nutrition, and early mobilization. The article discusses the importance of the nursing body in improving institutional compliance to ERAS clinical pathway measures and describes specific nursing barriers observed in the ERAS implementation in an academic medical center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We examined whether an early warning score (EWS) could predict inpatient complications in surgical patients.
Background: Abnormal vitals often precede in-hospital mortality. The EWS calculated using vital signs has been developed to identify patients at risk for mortality.