Height of hospital beds and inpatient falls: a threat to patient safetyHuey-Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Adm 37:537-8. 2007
Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient fallsHuey Ming Tzeng
School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 23:34-42. 2008
..It is assumed that when patients' conditions are comparable, using the prone position is safer. When the prone position is used, if patients lose their balance, they will fall back to the surface of beds...
- A crisis: fear toward a possible H5N1 pandemic
Huey Ming Tzeng
School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 23:177-83. 2008
..For students, the perceived possibility of avian flu being a threat to humans contributed to their personal fear. With sufficient, up-to-date information, unnecessary fear, and/or panic can be avoided...
- Understanding the prevalence of inpatient falls associated with toileting in adult acute care settings
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 25:22-30. 2010
..Nurses should focus on safe patient transfers and on using the completed risk assessment and should develop an individualized prevention plan for each patient based on their needs...
- Heights of occupied patient beds: a possible risk factor for inpatient falls
Huey Ming Tzeng
The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0482
J Clin Nurs 17:1503-9. 2008
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- Nurses' fears and professional obligations concerning possible human-to-human avian flu
Huey Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing, Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor 48109 0482, USA
Nurs Ethics 13:455-70. 2006
..Nurses' fear about an unknown infectious disease, such as the H5N1 influenza virus, could easily be heightened to levels above those occurring during the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Taiwan...
- The extrinsic risk factors for inpatient falls in hospital patient rooms
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 23:233-41. 2008
..An attributional theory of success and failure was adopted, and a proposed typology was used to elicit data, including 3 dimensions as follows: (a) patient room setting and design, (b) hospital equipment, and (c) manpower concerns...
- The staff-working height and the designing-regulation height for patient beds as possible causes of patient falls
Huey-Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nurs Econ 24:323-7, 279. 2006
..Empirical data show the differences among the average height for home beds, staff-working height, and the designing-regulation height for patient beds. This evidence suggests an overlooked cause of patient falls...
- Adding additional grab bars as a possible strategy for safer hospital stays
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0482, USA
Appl Nurs Res 23:45-51. 2010
..The optimum grab bar and handrail configurations require further research. Revisions to guidelines for health care facilities related to grab bars and handrails should allow a range that respond to age- and disability-specific needs...
- Religious activities of inpatients and their family visitors in Taiwan
Huey Ming Tzeng
School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5482, USA
J Holist Nurs 26:98-106. 2008
..These activities may be a proxy measure for religious coping with health problems...
- Crisis management systems: staff nurses demand more support from their supervisors
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0482, USA
Appl Nurs Res 21:131-8. 2008
..Crisis management systems include strategic, technical/structural, assessment, public communication, and psychological/cultural aspects...
- No safety, no quality: synthesis of research on hospital and patient safety (1996-2007)
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 22:299-306. 2007
..The developed consensus system may help scholars and clinicians identify studies to be done, examine trends in the research on hospital safety, and advance the knowledge in this field...
- Patient falls and open visiting hours: a case study in a Taiwanese medical center
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 22:145-51. 2007
..The activities of the accompanying family members/aides when patients fell were analyzed. More than 35% of the family members/aides who were watching patients were ineffective in preventing the falls...
- Nurses' solutions to prevent inpatient falls in hospital patient rooms
Huey Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nurs Econ 26:179-87. 2008
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- Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls in acute care settings
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls, Room 4156, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Clin Nurs 18:3333-41. 2009
..This exploratory study used archived hospital data to determine whether the call light use rate and the average call light response time contribute to the fall and the injurious fall rates in acute care settings...
- Said another way: seeing the nursing profession from a different perspective: nurstry? Why not!
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nurs Forum 42:185-8. 2007
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- Using family visitors, sitters, or volunteers to prevent inpatient falls
Huey-Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, The University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0482, USA
J Nurs Adm 37:329-34. 2007
- What's our philosophy?
Huey Ming Tzeng
The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0482, USA
J Prof Nurs 24:5-6. 2008
- Inpatient falls: the impact of family and personal caregivers
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Appl Nurs Res 22:159-65. 2009
..Nurses in Taiwan tend to depend on family members to help provide patient care. Regardless of whether an inpatient has a family member present, frequent bedside nursing visits are important to prevent falls...
- Family involvement in inpatient care in Taiwan
Huey Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, MI, USA
Clin Nurs Res 17:297-311. 2008
..The family involvement culture in Taiwan may have placed pressure on family members to be present at the bedside and contributed to families' psychological and financial burden...
- Inpatient falls in adult acute care settings: influence of patients' mental status
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Adv Nurs 66:1741-6. 2010
..This paper is a report of a study of fallers' mental status as one of the patient-related intrinsic risk factors for falls...
- Perspectives of recently discharged patients on hospital fall-prevention programs
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 400 N Ingalls, Room 4156, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 24:42-9. 2009
..Practical implications that might lead to fewer falls in the future as the goal of this research are discussed...
- Predicting nurses' intention to quit with a support vector machine: a new approach to set up an early warning mechanism in human resource management
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
Comput Inform Nurs 22:232-42. 2004
..86, while that on the testing data was 10.8, resulting in predictions with 89.2% accuracy. This Support Vector Machine can predict nurses' intention to quit, without asking these nurses whether they have an intention to quit...
Perspectives of staff nurses of the reasons for and the nature of patient-initiated call lights: an exploratory survey study in four USA hospitalsHuey Ming Tzeng
The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, 400 North Ingalls, Room 4156, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 10:52. 2010
..It also explored differences among hospitals and identified significant predictors of the nature of call light use...
- Nurses' self-assessment of their nursing competencies, job demands and job performance in the Taiwan hospital system
Huey Ming Tzeng
I Shou University, Nursing Department, Taiwan
Int J Nurs Stud 41:487-96. 2004
..These findings may serve as a guide to amend academic nursing courses and on-job training programs as appropriate to place a greater emphasis on the competencies desired for providing high quality of nursing services...
- [Analyses of criminal judgments as related to nursing services in the cases of the Supreme Court in Taiwan]
Huey Ming Tzeng
School of Nursing, I Shou University, ROC
Hu Li Za Zhi 51:70-81. 2004
..Among them, 7 cases involved nurses and the delivery of nursing services. These 7 cases were analysed, and the findings will be instructive to those interested in lawsuits related to medical disputes...
- [Crisis management and medical disputes related to nursing practice]
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, ROC
Hu Li Za Zhi 52:48-55. 2005
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- Promoting a safer practice environment as related to occupational tuberculosis: a nursing care quality issue in Taiwan
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Nurs Care Qual 20:356-63. 2005
..This article also focuses nurses' attention on relevant legislation and hospital policies related to occupational hazards in Taiwan. Suggestions and practice implications are discussed...
- Roles of nurse aides and family members in acute patient care in Taiwan
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Nurs Care Qual 19:169-75. 2004
..This article examines the roles of nurse aides and family members in providing acute patient care in Taiwan and discusses issues of nursing care quality as related to nurse staffing in acute care hospitals...
- SARS infection control in Taiwan: investigation of nurses' professional obligation
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, 1, Section 1, Hsueh Cheng Road, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 815, Taiwan, ROC
Outcomes Manag 7:186-93. 2003
..Based on these findings, suggestions and study limitations are discussed...
- Demand for nursing competencies: an exploratory study in Taiwan's hospital system
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, No 1 Sec 1 Hsueh Fu Road, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 840
J Clin Nurs 12:509-18. 2003
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- The influence of nurses' working motivation and job satisfaction on intention to quit: an empirical investigation in Taiwan
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, No 1, Section 1, Hsueh Chang Road, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 840, Taiwan
Int J Nurs Stud 39:867-78. 2002
..Suggestions for future studies and administrative strategies in decreasing nurses' intention to quit were discussed...
- Learning to respect a patient's spiritual needs concerning an unknown infectious disease
Huey Ming Tzeng
I Shou University, Nursing Department, Ta Shu Hsiang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nurs Ethics 13:17-28. 2006
..Recommendations are given on how to achieve quality holistic nursing care...
- Demands for religious care in the Taiwanese health system
Huey Ming Tzeng
I Shou University, Nursing Department, No 1, Section 1, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Nurs Ethics 13:163-79. 2006
..A survey of nursing executives showed differences between religious service provision in hospitals with and without a hospice ward. The practical implications for hospital management and nursing practice are discussed...
- Model testing on the crisis interventions and actions to prevent medical disputes: a Taiwanese nursing perspective
Huey Ming Tzeng
Nursing Department, I Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Clin Nurs 15:554-64. 2006
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- Relationship of nurses' assessment of organizational culture, job satisfaction, and patient satisfaction with nursing care
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Int J Nurs Stud 39:79-84. 2002
..Methodological challenges of this study are discussed...
- Nurses' professional care obligation and their attitudes towards SARS infection control measures in Taiwan during and after the 2003 epidemic
Huey Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I Shou University 1, Section 1, Hsueh Chen Road, Ta Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 815
Nurs Ethics 11:277-89. 2004
..Suggestions and study limitations are discussed...
- Forecasting: Adopting the methodology of support vector machines to nursing research
Huey-Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482, USA
Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 3:124-8. 2006
- Fighting the SARS epidemic in Taiwan: a nursing perspective
Huey-Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Nurs Adm 33:565-7. 2003
- Is H5N1 like a ghost flu that can cause a pandemic in humans?
Huey Ming Tzeng
I Shou University, Nursing Department, No 1, Section 1, Kaohsiung County, 815, Taiwan
Nurs Ethics 13:219-21. 2006
- Are call light use and response time correlated with inpatient falls and inpatient dissatisfaction?
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 24:232-42. 2009
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- Effective assessment of use of sitters by nurses in inpatient care settings
Huey Ming Tzeng
Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Adv Nurs 64:176-83. 2008
..This paper is a report of the evaluation of the impact of adopting the Patient Attendant Assessment Tool (PAAT) on nurses' requests for sitters, use of restraints, and falls and fall injury rates...
- Integrating quality and safety competencies into undergraduate nursing using student-designed simulation
Ronald Piscotty
School of Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
J Nurs Educ 50:429-36. 2011
..001; safety: p = 0.028) and accelerated (knowledge: p = 0.027; safety: p = 0.03) groups increased significantly. The innovation significantly improved students' self-efficacy and knowledge related to the quality and safety competencies...
- Glycaemic index knowledge and use among African Americans with type 2 diabetes
Beverly Waller
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Adv Nurs 67:1102-8. 2011
..This exploratory pilot study investigated the extent to which African Americans with type 2 diabetes receive information on the glycaemic index and their knowledge of the index and use of this information...
- Historical trends in human resource issues of hospital nursing in the past generation
Huey Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Nurs Econ 27:19-25. 2009
..Content analyses were conducted and a typology of human resource issues was developed. Productivity, work content and flow, and occupational hazards were the three most often reported themes...
- A hospital's adoption of information technology is associated with altered risks of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism
Hsou Mei Hu
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, 48109 0485, USA
Am J Med Qual 27:305-12. 2012
..An even larger reduction in the odds was found among patients of hospitals that implemented electronic lab orders (OR = 0.627, P < .001). However, the implementation of electronic medication orders did not show such an association...
- Patient satisfaction versus quality
Huey-Ming Tzeng
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, Ann Arbor 48109-0482, USA
Nurs Ethics 15:121-4. 2008
- Satisfying nurses on job factors they care about: a Taiwanese perspective
Huey-Ming Tzeng
I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
J Nurs Adm 32:306-9. 2002
- The relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and inpatient satisfaction: an exploratory study in a Taiwan teaching hospital
Huey-Ming Tzeng
Department of Nursing I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Nurs Care Qual 16:39-49. 2002
..The results provide partial support for a linkage between nurses' job satisfaction and inpatient satisfaction with nursing care...
- Learning the available and supplied religious facilities for inpatient services: an example of Taiwan's hospital environment
Chang Yi Yin
Chinese Culture University, Department of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Nurs Econ 25:167-73. 2007
..Approximately 20% of hospitals did provide a room for special ceremonies, often used for rituals after patient death...
- Demand and supply for nursing competencies in Taiwan's hospital industry
Huey-Ming Tzeng
I-Shou University, Nursing Department, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Nurs Econ 21:130-9. 2003
- Developing a predictive model for vertigo using demographic and laboratory data: An evidence-based medicine approach
Ben-Chih Yuan
Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Military General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Acta Otolaryngol 126:20-4. 2006
..132 x male gender) + (0.071 x age) + (-0.023 x systolic blood pressure) + (0.057 x diastolic blood pressure) + (0.048 x fasting glucose) + (0.051 x cholesterol) + (-0.005 x triglycerides) + (-0.361 x presence of cardiovascular diseases)...
- Crisis management policies and programs to prevent nursing-related medical disputes in Taiwanese hospitals
Huey-Ming Tzeng
I-Shou University, Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nurs Econ 23:239-47, 211. 2005
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