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Decreasing Post-Operative Ventilator Time In The Cardiovascular Surgical Patient: A Nursing Education Quality Initiative, Amanda J. Bruno Roberts
Decreasing Post-Operative Ventilator Time In The Cardiovascular Surgical Patient: A Nursing Education Quality Initiative, Amanda J. Bruno Roberts
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Extended mechanical ventilation times after open heart surgery can contribute to complications prolonging recovery and length of stay, as well as increasing mortality. Standardized staff education of immediate post-open-heart recovery and ventilator weaning protocols, combined with the use of ABCDE and VAP bundles can reduce these complications. At Hospital X during summer of 2022, the average length of time patients remained mechanically ventilated after open heart surgery increased. After an initial needs survey was distributed to nursing staff, a set of novel QR codes was created to simplify and centralize training for staff in the ICU to facilitate early extubation …
Use Of A Simplified Protocol For The Prevention Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Adult Ambulatory Surgical Patients, Roger Horne
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Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) remains a common complication affecting surgical patients after receiving anesthesia. Prevention of PONV is important in an ambulatory surgical setting where patient access to rescue treatment is limited after discharge. A quality improvement (QI) project introduced a simplified PONV prevention strategy to decrease the incidence of PONV at a Veterans Health Administration ambulatory surgery center. A retrospective chart audit of all facility surgical patients receiving anesthesia care (n = 94), excluding ophthalmology patients, was conducted prior to COVID-19 restrictions to establish baseline PONV incidence. An evidence-based, simplified PONV prevention protocol was developed and implemented. …
Implementation Of Safe Patient Toileting To Decrease Patient Falls On Medical-Surgical Unit, Kimberly A. Goldsborough
Implementation Of Safe Patient Toileting To Decrease Patient Falls On Medical-Surgical Unit, Kimberly A. Goldsborough
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BACKGROUND: Patient falls are a serious safety concern in the hospital setting throughout the country. Falls are one of the most challenging patient safety events to prevent, as there are many contributing factors with toileting activities producing the highest incidence. Fall prevention bundles are used to minimize and reduce these such events although multifaceted. The project was conducted with an academic medical center on an acute inpatient medical-surgical unit primarily housing burn wound patients. Nursing leaders and front-line nursing staff participated.
METHODS: Literature review to determine the gap in knowledge of interventions to prevent acute inpatient falls was completed. Concepts …
A Program To Prepare Frontline Nurse Leaders For Peer Review, Suzanne K. Murdock
A Program To Prepare Frontline Nurse Leaders For Peer Review, Suzanne K. Murdock
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Introduction: The purpose of nursing peer review is to assess the quality of nursing care against established standards, identify strengths and weaknesses in practice, and identify knowledge gaps. Studies of nurse peer review predominantly focuse on staff nurse attitudes and knowledge after an educational intervention and barriers to implementation. Frontline nurse leaders (FLNL) can influence adoption of new practices such as peer review.
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to engage frontline nurse leaders in a role specific peer review program, preparing them to support their staff in the implementation of peer review in the future and providing an …
Application Of The Patient Checklist Tool In Anesthesia Handoffs, Theresa Durley
Application Of The Patient Checklist Tool In Anesthesia Handoffs, Theresa Durley
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Accurate and essential communication is required during the transfer of patient care from one health care provider to another. Communication errors during the handoff process have been identified as contributing factors in sentinel events. There is a plethora of literature supporting a standardized transfer of care process as well as several accepted handoff communication tools for the various units within a healthcare institution. However, in the anesthesia domain, there is currently only one protocol specifically created for the transfer of patient care between certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). The PATIENT protocol, created by Dr. Suzanne M. Wright, CRNA, PhD (2013) …