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Trauma Admission Guidelines For Elderly Isolated Orthopedic Injuries, Jessica Lauren Hamrick-Welchel
Trauma Admission Guidelines For Elderly Isolated Orthopedic Injuries, Jessica Lauren Hamrick-Welchel
Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects
A rise in complications at a southeastern level one trauma center had the trauma department and performance improvement personnel looking for a cause and a solution. It was determined through data mining that the patient population that was driving certain complication cohorts above acceptable levels was the injured elderly patient admitted by the non-surgical hospitalist group. Patients admitted by this group commonly sustained a single injury, mostly hip fractures. Elderly patients are admitted by this group in efforts of successfully managing the many co-morbidities these patients typically possess with co-management by the orthopedic group to manage the injury. A meeting …
A Multi-Client Simulation To Improve Communication, Prioritization, And Clinical Judgment Among Nursing Students, Adam K. Combs
A Multi-Client Simulation To Improve Communication, Prioritization, And Clinical Judgment Among Nursing Students, Adam K. Combs
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Background: Hospital administrators have noted a lack of clinical judgment in novice nurses, which can result in negative client outcomes. This paper describes the implementation of a multi-client simulation experience with the purpose of determining if the experience improved communication, prioritization, and clinical judgment.
Method: A descriptive, pretest postest study, using the National League for Nursing (NLN) Jeffries Simulation Theory, examined the perceived competence of 37 senior level Associate Degree Nursing students.
Intervention: The participants rated their perceived competence on the Perceived Competence Scale and were scored on the ISBAR Interprofessional Communication Rubric (IICR) and the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric …