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    Effect of Hourly Rounding on Nurse Satisfaction and Productivity Kerri Austin Originally Submitted November 23‚ 2008 Revised and Resubmitted January 10‚ 2009 Hourly rounding is a strategy involving nurses and other health care staff to regularly “check in” on patients every hour. Because nursing staff is not reacting to call lights‚ patients are more content and happy; therefore nurses feel they are doing a better job helping their patients (Studer‚ 2007). Research has shown that rounding every

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    Improvement to Patient Care by Hourly Rounding A change that a nurse manager could implement that would help improve patient care is hourly rounding. In order to implement this change successfully‚ the nurse manager needs to clearly communicate the expectations‚ and then follow up with good monitoring. When the nurse manager sees the staff meeting the expectations the staff should be acknowledged rewarded/recognized and celebrated. On the other side‚ if the staff is not meeting the expectations

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    Hourly Rounding for Falls Prevention in the Emergency Department Sandra Patchel‚ RN‚ CEN Chamberlain College of Nursing NR451 Professor Anderson February 01‚ 2013 Hourly Rounding for Falls Prevention in the Emergency Department Introduction Patient falls are one of the most frequently reported adverse events in the Emergency Department (ED)‚ and can lead to serious injuries‚ such as head injuries or fractures‚ or can result in death. Falls can lead to an increased length of stay for the patient

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    The Effect of Hourly Rounds on Patient Satistifaction in Hospitalized Adult Patients 1. “Hourly rounding is a new‚ proactive approach to organizing nursing care that has garnered positive results; its focus on patient-centered care has led to notably improved patient satisfaction scores” (Ford‚ 2010‚ p. 188). Hourly rounding acts as a “proactive approach to anticipated needs” and “increases patient satisfaction‚ because patients perceive their needs are being met in a timely manner” (Ulanimo and

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    Rounding encourages responsibility and accountability‚ which increases the staff member’s skill set‚ and level of care. An increased quality of care leads to fewer readmissions‚ decreases the length of stay‚ and provides a safe caring environment. Purposeful rounding provides more patient contact‚ and a greater understanding of needs for both‚ the care staff and the patient. Practice changes are not easily made‚ but through perseverance and dedication any process can become hardwired. By using key

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    Hourly Rounding & Fall Precaution Falls are a common occurrence among medical‚ surgical and elderly patients in hospitals. One of the largest categories of reported adverse events in hospitals are patient falls‚ which are estimated to cost more than $20 billion a year. (2010 Lippincott Williams &Wilkins‚ Inc.) Prevention is the best method to decrease the number of falls and reduce hospital cost and increase patient satisfaction. One of the best ways to prevent falls is patient hourly rounding

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    Hourly Rounding       Jessica Williams Technical Communications Allison Johnson November 2010 Have you ever felt like you have been running from call light to call light your whole eight hour shift‚ haven’t had any time to sit down to chart‚ and didn’t even get a chance to get to know your patients? There is a solution out there‚ and it is proven to be the simplest‚ easiest option available; hourly rounding. Rounding on your patients every hour is proven to reduce the amount of call

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    Hourly rounding is a systematic‚ proactive nurse-driven evidence-based intervention to anticipate and address needs in hospitalized patients (Meade‚ Bursell & Ketelsen‚ 2006). Research shows that hourly rounding or purposeful rounding seeks to increase the patient experience and patient satisfaction. According to Meade‚ Bursell & Ketelsen‚ effective hourly rounding can promote patient safety‚ foster team communication‚ and improve staff ability to provide efficient care. Despite‚ mounting research

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    research document entirely. 1st Article: Lowe‚ L. & Hodgson‚ G. (2012). "Hourly Rounding in a High Dependency Unit." Nursing Standard‚ 27 (8)‚ 35-40. Abstract of Article: The analysis study details some advantages of the patient hourly rounding is for the protection of patients

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    Identification of broad‚ evidence-based practice topic Hourly rounding is something that has been around for a while. One of the first things we learned in nursing school was that you should check on your patient every hour or every 2 hours (depending on nursing aid assistance). I started my research by looking at what hourly rounding entails. From there I found the majority of articles that think hourly rounding really does affect patient care and only a few opinion articles that think the opposite

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