Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
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Johnston, C. (2014). Intentional rounding: A review of the literature. Nursing
Standard, 28(32), 37-42.
Thesis
There is a need to ensure fundamental care is offered to patients to aid in their speedy recovery. Nurses have an important role to play in ensuring that patients are given the best possible care. One of the strategies that can be used is referred to as the intentional-rounding. This is an approach whereby nurses carry out checks at different times to assess as well as manage the fundamental care needs of the patients. The objective of the research in this article is to enlighten the nurses on how this approach can be effectively implemented to improve health care.
Content
Intentional-rounding; this is an approach that can be applied by nurses to ensure fundamental care for patients. It involves nurses doing rounds to check the conditions of the patients and ensure that their fundamental care is well managed.
Basic nursing care: this is a concern that has stimulated more focus on the significance of fundamental care.
The literature review provides information on how best this approach can be implemented
Relevance
The intentional-rounding approach creates a better understanding of the need for fundamental care and suggests how care can be achieved.
Melnyk, B. (2007). The latest evidence on hourly rounding and rapid response teams in
decreasing adverse events in hospitals. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 4(4), 220-223.

Thesis
Nursing rounds have a positive impact on patients and increase their level of satisfaction. Patients’ safety is high when nurses are able to do rounds. This is because they can identify any potential problem and address it promptly. The reasons for patients’ call light use and the frequency of use plus the impact of nurse rounds on how the patients’ use call lights are to be assessed.
Content
Nursing rounds should be more frequent (every one hour) as this will increase their level of effectiveness;
It would be better to have two-hour rounds than to have none;
More rounds reduce the usage of call light and at the same time increases the level of patients’ safety and satisfaction.
Relevance
Evidence-based analysis on the reasons as to why frequent nurse rounds should be embraced as opposed to no rounds or less frequent rounds.
References
Johnston, C. (2014). Intentional rounding: a review of the literature. Nursing
Standard, 28(32), 37-42.
Melnyk, B. (2007). The latest evidence on hourly rounding and rapid response teams in
decreasing adverse events in hospitals. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 4(4), 220-223.