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Use Of High-Fidelity Simulation Training For New Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Nurses, Bryan Boling
Use Of High-Fidelity Simulation Training For New Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Nurses, Bryan Boling
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Critical care nursing is one of the most challenging, high-stress fields in healthcare. This is especially true for nurses in the highly specialized environment of the cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CTICU). The experience level of nurses in critical care is positively linked with patient outcomes; however, with older nurses retiring or moving away from the bedside and younger nurses increasingly moving into advanced practice or management and leadership roles it is becoming more difficult to maintain a high degree of nursing experience in the ICU. Simulation training has been used to provide safe, effective training, and it is even possible …
The Smart Heart Self-Care First Pilot Program, Samantha Mancuso
The Smart Heart Self-Care First Pilot Program, Samantha Mancuso
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Purpose: The Smart Heart Self-Care First Pilot Program (SHSCF) offers a transitional care intervention focusing on the self-care of hospitalized heart failure patients who are discharged home. It utilizes assessment, communication and education components to encourage behavior modification (improved self-care) through telehealth methodology.
Background and Significance: Heart failure related admissions, as a primary or secondary diagnosis, are among the leading causes of hospitalizations in the United States (Emory Healthcare, 2016). Surprisingly, of those patients discharged with a primary diagnosis of heart failure, 20% are readmitted to the hospital within thirty days (Feltner et. al, 2014). Heart failure related re-hospitalizations highlight …
Meaningful Use: Secure Electronic Messaging And The Use Of Mychart, Dava O. Helton
Meaningful Use: Secure Electronic Messaging And The Use Of Mychart, Dava O. Helton
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Purpose: The purpose of this project was to understand providers’ views of electronic messaging through MyChart and find out the essential tools needed to comply with Stage 3 criteria of Meaningful Use. The objectives were to: 1) Discover providers’ current thoughts/opinions about electronic messaging, 2) Identify perceived benefits and barriers to using secure electronic messaging between providers and patients, and 3) Discover the perceived essential tools needed to meet Stage 3 criteria.
Methods: A needs assessment was performed through a provider survey. Providers at primary care offices with reliable Wi-Fi were approached about the project. Volunteer participants were given a …
Text Messaging Appointment Reminders To Reduce No-Shows: A Pilot Study, Cameron M. Stephenson
Text Messaging Appointment Reminders To Reduce No-Shows: A Pilot Study, Cameron M. Stephenson
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Background: Hospital and outpatient clinic no-show, did not cancel or did not attend rates are a serious problem to organizations across the United States health care system. No-show appointments reduce clinic productivity, wastes clinician time and clinic resources and can be detrimental financially. Bluegrass Pediatrics and Internal Medicine (BPIM) located in Georgetown, KY experiences these problems on a daily basis.
Purpose/Methodology. This quality improvement project consisted of evaluating the effects of text messaging on appointment attendance during 3 clinic weeks of February 2016. The sample was derived from all patients enrolled at BPIM with a scheduled well, established or routine …