{"title":"How a multidisciplinary team improved a process to attain positive patient outcome","authors":"Richard Maki RNC, MHSA","doi":"10.1067/min.2000.104322","DOIUrl":"10.1067/min.2000.104322","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A case study approach will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of a continuous quality improvement team designed to explore the process of preoperative medical record completeness. The goal of this team was to improve essential chart components (eg, electrocardiography, history and physical examination) required 48 hours before the date of surgery in an effort to facilitate optimum patient management and timely flow of patients to the operating room. When the 48-hour compliance rule is followed, the nurse reviewer has sufficient time to review all patient data and notify attending physicians or designees of any abnormalities. In essence, improving component compliance provides better quality care because patients are able to be assessed before surgery with enough time to solve any problems. (Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses 2000;25:50–4.)</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 2","pages":"Pages 50-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1067/min.2000.104322","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83247599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ocular injuries induced by lightning","authors":"Louise Hunt RN, MS","doi":"10.1067/min.2000.101999","DOIUrl":"10.1067/min.2000.101999","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 2","pages":"Pages 59-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1067/min.2000.101999","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81242913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study: Will waiting room time be reduced when the redesigned preliminary workup is performed by a certified ophthalmic technician?","authors":"Gail Morrell FNP, CRNO, COMT","doi":"10.1067/min.2000.104916","DOIUrl":"10.1067/min.2000.104916","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The primary source of patient dissatisfaction in ophthalmic clinics is waiting room time. At one clinic, a study was conducted to determine whether redesignating preliminary workup tasks affected waiting room time. Previously, technicians and the ophthalmic registered nurse performed workups by taking histories, checking vision, reading glasses, performing refractions, conducting tonometry and slit lamp examinations, and dilating patients' eyes. Because the technicians' refractions were often inaccurate, the nurse or the doctor had to redo the refraction, prolonging waiting room times. Workup tasks, beginning with refractions, were transferred from the technicians to the nurse, which increased patient satisfaction and staff efficiency. (Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses 2000;25:39–43.)</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 2","pages":"Pages 39-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1067/min.2000.104916","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78035926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The best is yet to come","authors":"Karen Fogelman RN, BSN, CRNO","doi":"10.1067/min.2000.107723","DOIUrl":"10.1067/min.2000.107723","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 2","pages":"Page 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1067/min.2000.107723","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77092495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legislative watch","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90032-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90032-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90032-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136421562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The charge of the sight brigade","authors":"Karen Fogelman RN, BSN, CRNO","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90026-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90026-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90026-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92022509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responsibilities and expectations for elected positions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90048-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90048-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90048-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136479511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in recertifying process","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90046-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90046-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90046-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136479512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Qualifications, responsibilities, and expectations for elected positions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90047-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90047-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90047-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136479513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ASORN accepts award at NOLF/NFSNO meeting in Washington, DC","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90044-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90044-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100677,"journal":{"name":"Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses","volume":"25 1","pages":"Page 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1060-135X(00)90044-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136479516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}