- Title
- 'Rounding' for better patient care: an evaluation of an improvement intervention implementation
- Creator
- Walker, Kim; Duff, Jed; Fitzgerald, Katherine
- Relation
- International Journal of Nursing Practice Vol. 21, Issue 2, p. 207-213
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12244
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- ‘Rounding’ is reported to be an effective intervention to enhance patient-centred care; nurses make frequent calls on their patients to ensure their needs are met and reassure them they are the focus of their care. In our hospital, two clinical units implemented rounding as improvement projects and asked the research unit to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation. A qualitative descriptive study using focus groups and in-depth interviews revealed that although the idea of rounding was well intended, it was not as effectively implemented as it might have been. Consequently, lessons have been learnt about the difficulties of changing clinician behaviour and will inform a new attempt at implementation.
- Subject
- implementation; intervention; patient-centred care; practice improvement; rounding
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1334122
- Identifier
- uon:27230
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-172X
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Walker, K., Duff, J. and Fitzgerald, K. (2015), ‘Rounding’ for better patient care: An evaluation of an improvement intervention implementation. Int J Nurs Pract, 21: 207–213, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12244. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
- Language
- eng
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