Purposeful Rounding
Purposeful Rounding seeks to improve the patient experience through
the use of a structured hourly rounding routine. Staff nurses and
managers from several units reviewed the best practices literature in
this area, examined existing internal practices, and developed the
Purposeful Rounding protocol for Stanford Health Care (SHC). This
initiative, launched in Fall 2012, has been widely proven to improve
patient outcomes and satisfaction.
The concept of Purposeful Rounding is introduced to the patient and
family members upon admission in order to set expectations for the
hospital stay.
SHC has identified eight specific behaviors that inform the success
of Purposeful Rounding.
Research on hourly rounding in 14 hospitals revealed impressive improvements:
- 12% increase in Patient Satisfaction scores.
- 52%
reduction in patient falls.
- 37% reduction in light
use.
- 14% decline in skin breakdowns.
- In addition,
one hospital measured a 20% reduction in the distance walked each
day by the nursing staff.
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Press Ganey measured the results of fourteen hospitals that
implemented Purposeful Rounding, comparing them to hospitals with
random rounding:
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Hourly rounding substantially increased patient satisfaction
in ALL of the Press Ganey Subscales and the HCAHPS Subscales, every
two hour rounding, and hourly (purposeful) rounding.
- A
"tipping-point" is achieved with hourly rounding in the
patient's perception of the overall experience of care.