Provider & nursing perspectives on the "panculture": opportunities for innovative diagnostic stewardship interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine practices of providers and nursing staff in evaluating febrile patients and identify drivers of excessive diagnostic testing.

Design

Prospective multiple-choice surveys.

Setting

Inpatient areas and the Emergency Department at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) in Providence, RI.

Participants & methods

We conducted two surveys focused on the evaluation of febrile inpatients at RIH. One survey was of providers trained in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and neurology; the other survey was of nursing staff (registered nurses and certified nursing assistants), in inpatient areas and the emergency department.

Results

70 providers (9%) and 178 nursing staff (12%) completed the surveys. 64% of providers (n = 43) reported

SUBMITTER: Gibas KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574592 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature