Use of the ABC care bundle to standardize guideline implementation in a cardiac surgical population: A pilot study

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-254

  Poe, Stephanie S ^a   Dawson, Patricia B ^a   Cafeo, Christina ^a   Sedlander, Debra ^a   Curtis, Carol ^b   Meyer, Pamela ^a   Blumenthal, Roger ^c   Baumgartner, William ^c   Allen, Jerilyn ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk reduction; Care Bundle; Guideline adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250331061     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000277782.29557.64     Document Type: Article

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