From: Implementing nursing best practice guidelines: Impact on patient referrals
BPG | Â | Asthma (SD) | Breast-feeding (SD) | DDD (SD) | Smoking Cessation (SD) | Venous Leg Ulcer (SD) | Diabetes Foot Care (SD) |
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Nurses' Questionnaire | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
# of items – familiarity with referral source |  | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 + 7 1 | 7 |
Nurses' familiarity with referral source (range 0–5) | Pre | 2.03 (0.7) | 2.51 (1.0) | 3.33 (0.9) | 2.13 (0.9) | 4.14 (.81) 2.98 (.89) | 2.59 (.78) |
 | Post | 2.54 (0.9)** | 2.74 (1.04)* | 3.61 (1.1)* | 2.9 (0.9)** | 4.08 (.89) 3.78 (.85)** | 3.13 (1.01)** |
# of items – patient referrals made |  | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3+4 1 |
Patient referrals in past month by nurses (range 0–1) | Pre | 0.23 (0.3) | 0.20 (0.23) | 0.29 (0.3) | 0.22 (0.2) | 0.28 (.26) | 0.25 (.27) 0.17 (.20) |
 | Post | 0.85 (.03)** | 0.23 (0.24) | 0.41 (0.4)* | 0.25 (0.29) | 0.36 (.26) | 0.36 (.34) 0.32 (.30)** |
Chart Audit | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
# of referral sources | Â | - | - | 3 | 7 | 17 | - |
Referrals documented (range 0–1) | Pre | - | - | 0.11 (.18) | 0 (0) | 0.15 (.08) |  |
 | Post |  |  | 0.13 (.22) | 0.04 (.13) | 0.17 (.07) |  |
Patient Interviews | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
# of items – information about referral sources |  | 6 | 11 | - | 7 | - | 8 |
Patient reports of having been given information in hospital about referral sources (range 0–1) | Pre | 0.20 (.33) | 0.44 (.18) | - | 0.31 (.27) | - | 0.12 (.13) |
 | Post | 0.38 (.35) | 0.47 (.18) |  | 0.18 (.18) |  | 0.13 (.18) |
# of items – contact with referral sources |  | 7 | 12 |  |  |  | 8 |
Patient reports of telephoning, visiting or receiving assistance from referral sources (range 0–1) | Pre | .23 (.13) | .12 (.07) | - | - | - | 0.08 (.11) |
 | Post | .25 (.15) | .13 (.08) |  |  |  | 0.09 (.10) |