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Jill Engel

Jill Engel

Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
jill.engel@duke.edu
DUMC 3442, Hafs 8664A, Durham, NC 27710
Hafs Building 8662A, Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Nurse Manager Competencies Associated with Business Skills and Principles Are Compromising Stability of the Workforce

Journal Article Nurse Leader · October 1, 2024 Nurse managers’ academic training and post-employment resources for developing skills required to manage local staffing needs are under-reported. Using a qualitative descriptive design, we conducted surveys to assess nurse manager perceptions of existing s ... Full text Cite

Recognizing unique characteristics to create equitable, culturally competent teams.

Journal Article Nursing management · June 2024 A new approach to selecting members for an interdisciplinary medical mission trip. ... Full text Cite

A cluster of three extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infections linked to well-maintained water-based heater-cooler devices.

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · May 2024 BACKGROUND: Various water-based heater-cooler devices (HCDs) have been implicated in nontuberculous mycobacteria outbreaks. Ongoing rigorous surveillance for healthcare-associated M. abscessus (HA-Mab) put in place following a prior institutional outbreak ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Quality Improvement Project to Decrease CLABSIs in Non-ICU Settings.

Journal Article Quality management in health care · July 2023 Background and objectivesCentral line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a common, preventable healthcare-associated infection. In our 3-hospital health system, CLABSI rates in non-intensive care unit (ICU) settings were above the int ... Full text Open Access Cite

Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support to Improve Care for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Journal Article Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · May 2023 Clinical decision support in the EHR is an innovation that can support guideline adherence in acute myocardial infarction. Cardiac rehabilitation referral and left ventricular systolic function assessment are part of evidence-based clinical practice guidel ... Full text Cite

Using an Electromagnetic Guidance System for Placement of Small-Bowel Feeding Tubes to Reduce Feeding Start Times.

Journal Article Critical care nurse · February 2023 BackgroundCardiothoracic surgery patients have an increased risk for aspiration and may require enteral access for nutrition.Local problemIn a cardiothoracic intensive care unit, feeding start times were delayed because of scheduling conf ... Full text Cite

Health System Redesign of Cardiac Monitoring Oversight to Optimize Alarm Management, Safety, and Staff Engagement.

Journal Article J Nurs Adm · October 1, 2022 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve health system patient safety by creating a cardiac monitoring structure aligned with national standards. BACKGROUND: Excessive alarms pose patient safety threats and are often false ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurse Manager Decision-Making Associated With RN Hiring.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing administration · July 2022 ObjectiveTo explore the practices and self-confidence of nurse manager (NM) decision-making related to evaluating RN hiring needs.BackgroundEvidence-based hiring strategies to sustain workforce stability were identified as a gap in the li ... Full text Cite

Implementing a Standardized Communication Tool in an Intensive Care Unit.

Journal Article Critical care nurse · June 2022 BackgroundEffective communication is essential in critical care settings. Use of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) tool has been shown to standardize and improve communication among health care providers.Local proble ... Full text Cite

Effect of Remote Cardiac Monitoring System Design on Response Time to Critical Arrhythmias.

Journal Article Simul Healthc · April 1, 2022 INTRODUCTION: In many hospitals across the country, electrocardiograms of multiple at-risk patients are monitored remotely by telemetry monitor watchers in a central location. However, there is limited evidence regarding best practices for designing these ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of a proactive hiring model to achieve workforce stability in the intensive care unit.

Journal Article Journal of nursing management · January 2022 AimThe purpose was to evaluate an innovative Prospective Hiring Equation to determine registered nurse hiring needs.BackgroundThe American Organization for Nursing Leadership identifies human resource management as a competency for nurse ... Full text Cite

Moving nursing innovation to prime time through the use of creative partnerships.

Journal Article Nurs Outlook · 2022 Nurses are well-positioned to solve many problems in healthcare through engagement in innovation. Support from healthcare organizations to facilitate creative partnerships may accelerate nurses' ability to innovate and improve job satisfaction. The value o ... Full text Link to item Cite

How to Start an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Program.

Journal Article Crit Care Clin · October 2020 In this review the authors introduce a practical approach to guide the initiation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) cardiac surgery program. The first step in implementation is organizing a dedicated multidisciplinary ERAS cardiac team composed ... Full text Link to item Cite

COVID-19: Mobilizing Quickly for a Rapid Response.

Journal Article AACN advanced critical care · September 2020 Full text Cite

Implementing Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support Through Simulation-Based Learning: A Quality Improvement Project.

Journal Article Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN · July 2020 BackgroundThe European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons endorse Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support, a protocol designed specifically for cardiothoracic surgical patients who suffer postoperative ... Full text Cite

Two-Phase Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: Investigation and Mitigation.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · April 1, 2017 BACKGROUND: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) commonly colonize municipal water supplies and cause healthcare-associated outbreaks. We investigated a biphasic outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus at a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Case patients had recen ... Full text Link to item Cite