Sorry I have been away from the blog for a while. I have been very busy since returning to Texas. I want to share a poster for our upcoming Scholarship Colloquium here at MSU on April 19th, 2013.
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I am not in sunny Adelaide anymore! Just wanted my friends back in Adelaide to see the weather here in north Texas. See where the snow line dips into Texas. That is where I live and work.
I won’t be out much anyway. I am writing as fast as I can to complete a full proposal to Robert Wood Johnson by March 15th. I am very excited about it, however. I will give more details shortly. Stay cool, there in Australia and “rug up” all you folks here in Texas.
I arrived home yesterday. I was sad to leave Australia but equally happy to see friends and family at home.
Thanks again to all in Texas and in Australia who made this collaboration possible. We are just getting started. We have a great deal in common with Australian and New Zealand nurses. We should pool or knowledge and resources to solve some of our toughest problems.
I am scurrying around trying to tie up loose ends and complete what I can before I leave for home Tuesday, February 12th.
We had a team meeting on Monday to map out our work for the next 6 months. After work we went to Eileen’s home for a farewell dinner party.
I am posting a photo of six of the eight of us. Ian Blackman and Clare Harvey are not pictured.
Seated left to right: Lix Abery, Claire Verrall, Eileen Willis, Julie Henderson. Standing beside me is Luisa Toffoli
I thought you might be interested in the main reasons given for missed care in hospitals. Below they are listed in ascending order. The most commonly identified reasons are on the bottom (least common on the top). Can you think of other reasons which are not listed here? You may have the piece of the puzzle we are seeking.
- Nursing assistant/carer did not communicate that care was not provided (Least frequently reported)
- Nurse/carer assigned to patient off ward/Unit or unavailable
- Other departments did not provide the care needed
- Tension or communication breakdowns with other DEPARTMENTS
- Tension or communication breakdowns within the NURSING TEAM
- Inadequate handover from others
- Tension or communication breakdowns with the MEDICAL STAFF
- Supplies/equipment NOT functioning properly when needed
- Lack of back up support from team members
- Supplies/equipment NOT available when needed
- Unbalanced patient assignment
- Medications not available when needed
- Inadequate number of assistive and/or clerical personnel
- Heavy admission and discharge activity
- Urgent patient situations (e.g. worsening patient condition) 249 721 2.89
- Inadequate number of staff
- Unexpected rise in patient volume and/or acuity on the ward/Unit (Most frequently reported)
Just saw this research posted on the Flinders home page.
Well, it is time to reveal the answers to the questions, Which care is most often missed? AND Which care is least often missed?
Go to the list I posted originally. The order in which they appear is the order of frequency-least frequently missed on top, most frequently missed on bottom.
I bet some of you were surprised by the answers. Care to comment?
