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Effect of combined care nursing on patient satisfaction, staff satisfaction, and quality of care /

This research evaluates the effect of combined care nursing on three outcomes: i) patient satisfaction; ii) staff satisfaction; and iii) quality of care. Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital was in the early planning stages of changing to combined care nursing from the traditional method of providing separate postpartum and nursery care to mothers and babies. The opportunity existed to evaluate formally the change to combined care. There were three hypotheses to be investigated. Data were collected from four sources: patient surveys, staff surveys, informal interviews, and internal hospital documents. Both quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed. The surveys were administered on three different occasions to patients and staff. Other sources of data included informal interviews with patients and staff who responded to the surveys, and chart audits.The study findings revealed that the majority of respondents had increased levels of satisfaction and perceptions of increased quality of care following implementation of combined care. These findings, related to combined care and the role of change in its implementation and evaluation, indicate that there are no right or easy answers about how to make new ideas become reality in a smooth, pleasant way.

A Narrative Study of Patient Encounter Accounts of Physicians, Nurses, and Medical Receptionists after Two Decades of a Paradigm of Patient-Centered Care

Despite recent well-known advancements in patient care in the medical fields, such as patient-centeredness and evidence-based medicine and practice, there is rather less known about their effects on the particulars of clinician-patient encounters. The emphasis in clinical encounters remains mostly on treatment and diagnosis and less on communicative competency or engagement for medical professionals. The purpose of this narrative study was to explore interactive competencies in diagnostic and therapeutic encounters and intake protocols within the context of the physicians’, nurses’, and medical receptionists’ perspectives and experiences. Literature on narrative medicine, phenomenology and medicine, therapeutic relationships, cultural and communication competency, and non-Western perspectives on human communication provided the guiding theoretical frameworks for the study. Three data sets including 13 participant interviews (5 physicians, 4 nurses, and 4 medical receptionists), policy documents (physicians, nurses, and medical receptionists) and a website (Communication and Cultural Competency) were used. The researcher then engaged in triangulated analyses, including N-Vivo, manifest and latent, Mishler’s (1984, 1995) narrative elements and Charon’s (2005, 2006a, 2006b, 2013) narrative themes, in recursive, overlapping, comparative and intersected analysis strategies. A common factor affecting physicians’ relationships with their clients was limitation of time, including limited time (a) to listen, (b) to come up with a proper diagnosis, and (c) to engage in decision making in critical conditions and limited time for patients’ visits. For almost all nurse participants in the study establishing therapeutic relationships meant being compassionate and empathetic. The goals of intake protocols for the medical receptionists were about being empathetic to patients, being an attentive listener, developing rapport, and being conventionally polite to patients. Participants with the least iv amount of training and preparation (medical receptionists) appeared to be more committed to working narratively in connecting with patients and establishing human relationships as well as in listening to patients’ stories and providing support to narrow down the reason for their visit. The diagnostic and intake “success stories” regarding patient clinical encounters for other study participants were focused on a timely securing of patient information, with some acknowledgement of rapport and emapathy. Patient-centeredness emerged as a discourse practice, with ambiguous or nebulous enactment of its premises in most clinical settings.

Examining the Influence of the Patient Declaration of Values on Hospital Policies and Practices

The purpose of this study was to explore how a leading Ontario hospital operationalizes their Patient Declaration of Values (PDoV) in policy and in practice. This was a single case study, which took place in a leading patient-centred Ontario hospital. The study included 18 individual interviews with employees and patient experience advisors, as well as, document analysis of strategic planning reports (n=10). Five themes emerged: (1) setting the stage, (2) inspiring change, (3) organizational structures, (4) organizational and environmental barriers, and (5) reflection and improvement. This study has highlighted the role of the PDoV within a leading Ontario hospital. It lends itself to providing a process with core strategies for creating change in an acute health care organization; to embed a culture of patient and family centred care.

L'admission des confessions et le risque d'erreur judiciaire : toute vérité est-elle bonne à dire ?

"Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maîtrise en droit (LL.M.)"

Impact de la collaboration entre médecins et infirmières sur la communication entre professionnels/patient et famille

Problématique : La collaboration entre infirmières et médecins est un élément crucial lorsque la condition des patients est instable. Une bonne collaboration entre les professionnels permet d’améliorer la qualité des soins par l’identification des patients à risques et l’élaboration de priorités dans le but de travailler à un objectif commun. Selon la vision des patients et de leur famille, une bonne communication avec les professionnels de la santé est l’un des premiers critères d’évaluation de la qualité des soins. Objectif : Cette recherche qualitative a pour objectif la compréhension des mécanismes de collaboration interprofessionnelle entre médecins et infirmières aux soins intensifs. L’étude tente également de comprendre l’influence de cette collaboration sur la communication entre professionnels/ patients et famille lors d’un épisode de soins. Méthode : La collecte de données est réalisée par le biais de 18 entrevues, qui ont été enregistrées puis retranscrites. Parmi les entrevues effectuées deux gestionnaires, six médecins et infirmières, et enfin dix patients et proches ont été rencontrés. Ces entrevues ont été codifiées puis analysées à l’aide du modèle de collaboration interprofessionnelle de D’Amour (1997), afin de déterminer les tendances de collaboration. Pour terminer, l’impact des différentes dimensions de la collaboration sur la communication entre les professionnels/ patient et famille a été analysé. Résultats : Médecins et infirmières doivent travailler conjointement tant avec les autres professionnels, que les patients et leur famille afin de développer une relation de confiance et une communication efficace dans le but d’établir des objectifs communs. Les patients et les familles désirent rencontrer des professionnels ouverts qui possèdent des talents de communicateur ainsi que des qualités interpersonnelles. Les professionnels doivent faire preuve de transparence, prendre le temps de donner des explications vulgarisées, et proposer aux patients et aux familles de poser leurs questions.