Deirdre Kling Thornlow

Journal article Int J Nurs Stud · November 2009 Featured Work Older adults are at particular risk for injuries associated with hospitalization and the rate of adverse events increases significantly with age. The purpose of this paper is to review factors associated with the development of adverse events in hospitaliz ... Full text Link to item Cite

Managing to improve quality: the relationship between accreditation standards, safety practices, and patient outcomes.

Journal article Health care management review · July 2009 Featured Work BackgroundGiven the trend toward eliminating reimbursement for "never events," hospital administrators are challenged to implement practices designed to prevent their occurrence. Little evidence exists, however, that patient safety practices, as e ... Full text Cite

Nursing patient safety research in rural health care settings.

Journal article Annual review of nursing research · January 2008 Featured Work Adverse events occur in virtually all health care arenas, and while rural health care settings are no exception, these facilities often face unique financial burdens and personnel shortages. That may hamper patient safety efforts. Many of the interventions ... Full text Cite

A necessity not a luxury: preparing advanced practice nurses to care for older adults.

Journal article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · March 2006 Featured Work Of today's 2.7 million registered nurses, less than 1% are certified in gerontological nursing and only 3% of advanced practice nurses (APNs) have specialized training in this area. These statistics indicate that there are not enough gerontological nurse p ... Full text Cite

Incorporating geriatrics into baccalaureate nursing curricula: laying the groundwork with faculty development.

Journal article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · March 2006 Featured Work In June 2001, the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York awarded the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) a 3.99 million dollar grant to enhance gerontology curriculum development and new clinical experiences in 20 baccalaureate and 10 gradu ... Full text Cite

The association between hospital characteristics and rates of preventable complications and adverse events.

Journal article Medical care · March 2006 Featured Work Background/objectivesThis study examined the statistical relationship between hospital ownership and teaching status and hospital rates for potentially preventable adverse events measured using patient safety indicators recently developed by the A ... Full text Cite

Methodologies used in nursing research designed to improve patient safety.

Journal article Annual review of nursing research · January 2006 Featured Work Nursing research studies of patient safety for 2002-2005 were reviewed to determine methods used and methodological challenges within this field of research. Methods used in traditional clinical research and in health services research were often combined ... Full text Cite

Gerontological nursing content in baccalaureate nursing programs: comparison of findings from 1997 and 2003.

Journal article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · September 2005 Featured Work In 2003, the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing (Hartford Institute), in collaboration with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, conducted a survey of baccalaureate schools of nursing in the United States to compare ger ... Full text Cite

Your bright future in geriatric nursing.

Journal article Imprint · January 2005 Featured Work Cite

Is chest physiotherapy necessary after cardiac surgery?

Journal article Critical care nurse · June 1995 Featured Work Full text Cite

Case study: heart transplantation--increased incidence of acute rejection in female recipients.

Journal article American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · March 1993 Featured Work Although the precise link between the increased incidence of allograft rejection in female heart transplant recipients remains uncertain, various gender-specific characteristics may predispose women to earlier rejection episodes. Critical care practitioner ... Full text Cite