Patient Rounding: Safety and Satisfaction

Course overview

Purposeful hourly rounding is a systematic, evidence-based process driven by nurses and designed to anticipate the needs of hospital patients (Kelley, 2017). Various types of patient rounding promote safety and increase patient satisfaction. Nurses responsiveness to patients needs is critical in preventing adverse outcomes. However, challenges in our current healthcare systems, such as short staffing, increased workload, and acuity levels, make implementing and sustaining patient rounding difficult. This course aims to educate nurses in the acute care setting on purposeful patient rounding, the benefits and strategies for sustainability, and quality agencies that focus on patient rounding and safety.