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S Honan

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Quality improvement approach to nursing care planning: implementing practical computerized standards.

Care planning continues to be be an integral part of nursing, yet it is often criticized by professionals as time-consuming, repetitious, and inconsistent. This problematic situation prompted the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary automated care-planning system that interfaces with a preexisting data base. The advantages of the system include standardization of care, consolidated documentation, provision of patient education tools, shared responsibility during the patient's length of stay, and minimal cost. Evaluation of the system demonstrated quality improvement in the documentation of patient education and compliance in meeting JCAHO nursing process standards.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗
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Perception of "no code" and the role of the nurse.

CPR is now the rule rather than the exception and death is often viewed as the ultimate failure in modern medicine, rather than the final event of the natural life process (Stevens, 1986). The "No Code" concept has created a major dilemma in health care. An interagency collaborative study was conducted to ascertain the perceptions of nurses, physicians, and laypersons about this issue. This article deals primarily with the nurse's role and perceptions of the "No Code" issue. The comparison of nurses' perceptions with those of physicians and laypersons is unique to this study. Based on this research, suggestions are presented that will assist nursing educators and health care professionals in managing this complex dilemma.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Assisting nursing staff to learn and conduct research. An interinstitutional approach.

This article describes a resource sharing and collaborative interinstitutional project designed to assist the nursing staff of three hospitals to gain expertise in research and to promote collaborative research endeavors. Information is provided that will help staff development educators complete a similar project with a group of staff nurses.

Diffusion of Innovation↗