Background Hospital sitters provide continuous observation of patients at risk of harming themselves or others. Little is known about sitters' occupational safety and well-being, including experiences with patient/visitor-perpetrated violence (type II). Methods Data from surveys, focus groups, individual...
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Multiple analysis of variance indicated no significant differences among the groups for number of sitter shifts or number of nursing note observations. A significant main effect for group on length of hospital stay was found with suicidal patients having a significantly shorter hospital stay. Number ...
thepatientsassignedsitters arerarelyreferredforpsychiatricliaisonnursing consultation.Thisstudywasdesignedtoexamine theeffectofpsychiatricliaisonnursespecialist FromtheSchoolofNursing,YaleUniversity,andthe Yale-NewHavenHospital,NewHaven,Connecticut. SupportedinpartbyfundingfromSigmaThetaTay DeltaMuChapter. Addressreprint...
According to the author, it is improper to tell patients that they are looking great when they are lying in a hospital bed with tubes and pipes entering and exiting every orifice. For things to bring, the author says that people tend to bring flowers that the room starts to look like a...
The article talks about things to do and not to do during hospital visits. According to the author, it is improper to tell patients that they are looking great when they are lying in a hospital bed with tubes and pipes entering and exiting every orifice. For things to ...
OBJECTIVES: Hospital sitters provide continuous observation of patients at risk of harming themselves or others. This study examined violence perpetrated by patients/visitors (type II) against hospital sitters in two US healthcare systems. METHOD: Anonymous, cross-sectional survey data were collected ...
is a safe and cost-effective solution for hospitals, little is known about the impact of these approaches on nurses' stress and well-being. Purpose: To compare the use of video monitoring technology and in-person sitters (likely a resource reallocated from nurses) for m...
The evidence is inconclusive as to whether better patient outcomes for behavioral issues in acute care are achieved using constant patient observation. Nurse leaders at a northern California hospital designed and implemented proactive strategies to identify patients at risk for behavioral issues, developed...