This study aims to optimize video and leaflet educational media increase nurse awareness about Nursing Audits at X Hospital. The method used is a pilot study. Data was collected through interviews, observation questionnaires 263 respondents. analysis carried out using fishbone, preparation of Plan Action (POA) in the form videos leaflets. results showed that head room did not know Audit process...

Nurses, particularly those working in non-psychiatric settings, report that they do not feel adequately prepared to meet the mental health needs of patients. The psychiatric consultation-liaison nursing role has arisen in part, as a response to these difficulties and aims to facilitate access to mental health nursing expertise for general hospital patients and staff. The impact of the introduct...

this study aims at investigating the impacts of mandatory audit firm rotation (mafr) on audit fees and audit market compeition among firms listed on tehran stock exchange (tse). since 2007 firms listed on tse are not allowed to use services of any single audit firm for more than 4 consecutive years. we tested our hypotheses using multivariate regression analysis and mean comparison test. our sa...

BACKGROUND Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for unhealthy drinking has not been widely implemented in primary care partly due to reliance on physicians to perform it. METHODS We implemented a model of nursing staff-delivered SBI for unhealthy drinking for adult patients receiving primary care at an academically-affiliated Federally Qualified Health Center in the Bronx, NY. Our model con...

Background Psychotropic medications work on the brain to affect mental function and behaviour. For over 20 years, concern has been raised over the overuse of psychotropic medication, particularly antipsychotics and benzodiazepines (‘sedatives’) in nursing homes. The Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) project was developed as a multistrategic, interdisciplinary initiative aimed to promote the qu...

Clinical Audit (CA) has been recognized as a useful tool for tool for improving service delivery, clinical governance, and the education and performance of the dental team. This study develops the discussion by investigating its use as an educational tool within UK Dental Foundation Training (DFT). The aim was to investigate the views of Foundation Dentists (FDs) and Training Programme Director...

619 Evidence-based practice is a conscious approach to using evidence for clinical decision making and care of patients with the goal of improving patient outcomes (Eaton & Tipton, 2009). The current concept of “best” evidence integrates several forms of knowledge: research, practice, patient and caregiver perspective, and knowledge internal to the context of the practice, such as audit or perf...