Ask the expert: Improving patient satisfaction
Nurse Leader Weekly, January 17, 2011
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This week, Cynthia Barnard, MBA, MSJS, CPHQ, gives examples of ways to improve patient satisfaction at the departmental and unit level.
Q: What are some nurse-driven projects I can implement to improve patient satisfaction?
A: The following are examples of nurse-driven quality improvement projects aimed at improving patient satisfaction in a large academic medical center:
- A project to reduce patient and family anxiety and confusion through the use of prepared scripts for a multitude of frequent patient questions.
- Increase patient satisfaction in an outpatient chemotherapy infusion unit by increasing patient throughput.
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