title: Preparing staff for intentional rounding: a process yielding success on a general surgical unit.
abstract: Intentional rounding is a strategicway to improve patient care through decreasing falls and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, while increasing patient satisfaction. On the basis of literature reviews and discussions with nurses on units that pilot-tested intentional rounding, useful strategies emerged. This article will provide information about intentional rounding, a means for planning implementation, and the results of evaluating its implementation.
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Patterson, BSN, RN, is a Registered Nurse, Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D056164:Teaching Rounds