Rene Schwendimann

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Affiliation: University of Basel
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Variation in safety culture dimensions within and between US and Swiss Hospital Units: an exploratory study
    Rene Schwendimann
    University of Basel, Institute of Nursing Science, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    BMJ Qual Saf 22:32-41. 2013
  2. ncbi Evaluation of the Morse Fall Scale in hospitalised patients
    R Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 35:311-3. 2006
  3. ncbi [Anxiety about falls]
    Rene Schwendimann
    Instituts für Pflegewissenschaft, Universitat Basel
    Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 101:30-1. 2008
  4. ncbi Characteristics of hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Gerontology 54:342-8. 2008
  5. ncbi [Do patients have a greater incidence of falls in the hospital during full moon than normally?]
    Rene Schwendimann
    Pflege Z 60:665. 2007
  6. ncbi Screening older patients at risk for falling during hospitalization
    R Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 14:64-5. 2007
  7. ncbi [Recognition and treatment are not always easy]
    Rene Schwendimann

    Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 100:12-5, 64-7. 2007
  8. ncbi Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:69. 2006
  9. ncbi Fall prevention in a Swiss acute care hospital setting Reducing multiple falls
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, and Division of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
    J Gerontol Nurs 32:13-22. 2006
  10. ncbi Levels and correlates of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals--a cross sectional study
    Maria Schubert
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Nurs Stud 50:230-9. 2013

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Variation in safety culture dimensions within and between US and Swiss Hospital Units: an exploratory study
    Rene Schwendimann
    University of Basel, Institute of Nursing Science, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    BMJ Qual Saf 22:32-41. 2013
    ..The purpose of this study was to explore the variability in safety culture dimensions within and between Swiss and US clinical areas...
  2. ncbi Evaluation of the Morse Fall Scale in hospitalised patients
    R Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 35:311-3. 2006
  3. ncbi [Anxiety about falls]
    Rene Schwendimann
    Instituts für Pflegewissenschaft, Universitat Basel
    Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 101:30-1. 2008
  4. ncbi Characteristics of hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Gerontology 54:342-8. 2008
    ..Although hospital studies have reported overall fall rates and injuries associated with falls, few have addressed population characteristics and circumstances of falls across clinical departments within a hospital setting...
  5. ncbi [Do patients have a greater incidence of falls in the hospital during full moon than normally?]
    Rene Schwendimann
    Pflege Z 60:665. 2007
  6. ncbi Screening older patients at risk for falling during hospitalization
    R Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 14:64-5. 2007
  7. ncbi [Recognition and treatment are not always easy]
    Rene Schwendimann

    Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 100:12-5, 64-7. 2007
  8. ncbi Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:69. 2006
    ..Consequently, various hospital falls prevention programs have been implemented in the last decades. However, most of the programs had no sustained effects on falls reduction over extended periods of time...
  9. ncbi Fall prevention in a Swiss acute care hospital setting Reducing multiple falls
    Rene Schwendimann
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, and Division of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
    J Gerontol Nurs 32:13-22. 2006
    ..The prolonged mean time to a first fall in a subgroup of fallers in the intervention group may indicate an increased awareness of the nurses and the appropriateness of the interventions used...
  10. ncbi Levels and correlates of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals--a cross sectional study
    Maria Schubert
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Nurs Stud 50:230-9. 2013
    ..1) To describe the levels of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals; (2) to explore the associations between nine selected potential rationing predictors and implicit rationing of nursing care...
  11. ncbi Validity and reliability on three European language versions of the Safety Organizing Scale
    Dietmar Ausserhofer
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Qual Health Care 25:157-66. 2013
    ..As no comparable questionnaire exists in German, French and Italian, we explored the psychometric properties of SOS translations into each of those languages...
  12. ncbi The association of patient safety climate and nurse-related organizational factors with selected patient outcomes: a cross-sectional survey
    Dietmar Ausserhofer
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Nurs Stud 50:240-52. 2013
    ..Few studies have investigated the relationship between PSC and patient outcomes, considering possible confounding effects of other nurse-related organizational factors...
  13. ncbi Developing a financial framework for academic service partnerships: models of the United States and Europe
    Sabina De Geest
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    J Nurs Scholarsh 42:295-304. 2010
    ..In the absence of descriptions in the literature on financial frameworks to support ASPs, the purpose of this paper is to present the supporting financial frameworks of a Swiss and a U.S. ASP...
  14. ncbi Frequencies of falls in Swiss hospitals: concordance between nurses' estimates and fall incident reports
    Barbara Cina-Tschumi
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    Int J Nurs Stud 46:164-71. 2009
    ..However, the literature includes no validation of nurses' estimates of fall frequencies, which are the preferred assessment method in multi-centre surveys...
  15. ncbi Medication errors in a swiss cardiovascular surgery department: a cross-sectional study based on a novel medication error report method
    Kaspar Küng
    Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistraß 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Freiburgstraß 1, 3000 Bern, Switzerland
    Nurs Res Pract 2013:671820. 2013
    ..Registered nurses reported preventing 49 (5%) MEs. Overall, eight (2.8%) MEs had patient consequences. The high response rate suggests that this new method may be a very effective approach to detect, report, and describe ME in hospitals...