Exploring nursing-sensitive events in home healthcare: a national multicenter cohort study using a trigger tool.

Lena Nilsson; Marléne Lindblad; Nathalie Johansson; Lisa Säfström; Kristina Schildmeijer; Mirjam Ekstedt; Maria Unbeck

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Exploring nursing-sensitive events in home healthcare: a national multicenter cohort study using a trigger tool.

January 25, 2023

Nilsson L, Lindblad M, Johansson N, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2022;138:104434.

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Nurse-sensitive outcomes are important indicators of nursing safety. In this retrospective study of 600 patient records from ten Swedish home healthcare organizations, researchers found that 74% of patient safety incidents were classified as nursing-sensitive and that the majority of those events were preventable. The most common types of nursing-sensitive events were falls, pressure injuries, healthcare-associated infections, and incidents related to medication management.

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