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    Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Analysis Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Analysis This is an analysis of the nurse-sensitive indicators in a case study regarding an elderly‚ Jewish male patient with dementia in a hospital setting. Nurse-sensitive indicators presented in the scenario such as patient falls‚ using restraints‚ development of pressure ulcers‚ and patient satisfaction will be discussed. When nurses are aware of these nurse-sensitive issues they can provide better care for their

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    Nurse-sensitive indicators are helpful tools in enhancing the quality of nurses‚ which will improve patient outcomes‚ nursing outcomes‚ in addition to performance measurement (Montalvo‚ 2007). According to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators TM (NDNQI) (2014)‚ this is a national nursing database‚ which provides reports of processes‚ structure‚ and outcomes quarterly and annually to evaluate nursing care at the unit level (Montalvo‚ 2007). There is a need for a database that can be

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    American Nurses Association has played a major role in nursing practice in numerous ways including: defining the scope of practice‚ developing the Code of Ethics for Nurses‚ as well as defining nursing’s impact on patient outcomes by developing Nursing Sensitive Indicators. Nurses are often the first and most often seen face at the bedside‚ providing direct patient care and therefore have the most potential of directly affecting the quality of care and safety of patients. Nursing Sensitive Indicators

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    RTT Task 1 Nursing-sensitive indicators can be an important tool in identifying patient care issues that could potentially arise during a hospital stay. By analyzing the data on specific nursing-sensitive indicators‚ the quality of patient care can be optimized and patient satisfaction can be improved. The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) are two sources of information and guidelines for nurses and nurse managers to use in planning

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    Discussion Nursing Sensitive indicators are guidelines that were implemented during the 1990 ’s when there was a need to restructure and evaluate nursing staffing and identify linkages between nursing to patient ratios and the patient outcomes. (ANA 1995.) I also believe that this redesign was also in response to the major nursing shortage of the 1990 ’s here in the United States. The American Nurses Association (ANA) implemented these guidelines in response. The American Nurses Association (ANA)

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    Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Efforts to define the quality of nursing practice began with Florence Nightingale‚ as she worked to improve hospital conditions and measure patient outcomes. (The Sentinel Watch‚ 2011) Nursing-sensitive indicators are measures used to evaluate the quality of nursing  care patients are receiving and to improve the quality of care given.  Healthcare workers should be identifying the root causes of outcomes‚ regardless of the outcome.  Tracking of these outcomes‚ recognizing

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    out the conclusion of the studies. As a result of the heightened attention the new practice of measuring indicators is born. In 1996 Maas Johnson and Moorhead went on to coin the phrase “nursing-sensitive-indicators.” This was a phrase that was meant to depict the elements that were important to derive positive patient outcomes. Needleman went on to point out that nursing sensitive indicators are a comprehensive term. He went on to add that research in this given area focuses on the interrelationship

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    Running Head: NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (my name) Western Governors University 1 NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS 2 Nursing-Sensitive Indicators In 1994 the American Nurses Association began work to demonstrate that the profession of nursing has many unique opportunities in which the practice of nursing may impact patient care (ANA‚ 2014a). This paper analyzes Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (NSI) and how they may have impacted patient care in a scenario involving a

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    According to American Nurses Association website‚ nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as the structure‚ process and outcomes of nursing care (nursingworld.org). Quality care for patients in the hospital is important to their healing process. It is important to know what the nursing-sensitive indicators are and how they affect patients. The indicators are intended to focus plans and programs to increase quality and safety in patient care. In this scenario with Mr. J‚ many members of the

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    Sensitive Periods Introduction Sensitive periods are a termed coined by a Dutch biologist Hugo de Vries and later adopted by Dr. Montessori to refer to the important period of development in childhood.  Montessori was not very specific in her published works about the precise number‚ description‚ or timing of these sensitive periods. These periods are critical to the child’s self-development. She set out several periods with the approximate ages to which they applied. Dr. Montessori believed‚ adults

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