Exploring nursing-sensitive events in home healthcare: a national multicenter cohort study using a trigger tool.
Nilsson L, Lindblad M, Johansson N, et al. Exploring nursing-sensitive events in home healthcare: a national multicenter cohort study using a trigger tool. Int J Nurs Stud. 2022;138:104434. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104434.
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.