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Developing Multi-Modal Education For Obstetric Critical Care Nurses, Colette Henke, Rebecca Kojak
Developing Multi-Modal Education For Obstetric Critical Care Nurses, Colette Henke, Rebecca Kojak
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The maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the United States continue to outpace other industrialized nations. Across the United States, a variety of obstetric critical care programs have emerged to address the unique healthcare needs of the high-risk obstetric population. One teaching and specialty hospital in a Midwest metropolitan city responded to the needs of high-risk obstetric patients by developing a critical care program within its service line. Because high-risk obstetric patients present with multi-faceted and complex needs, this program represented varied nursing expertise, including obstetric and intensive care specialties. Because care was delivered within the ICU setting, nurses from …
Effectiveness Of A Delirium Prevention Initiative On An Inpatient Neuroscience Unit, Teresa Cyrus, Brenda Hall, Rebecca Wenthold
Effectiveness Of A Delirium Prevention Initiative On An Inpatient Neuroscience Unit, Teresa Cyrus, Brenda Hall, Rebecca Wenthold
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
The MIND project is an Interprofessional Evidence-based Clinical Scholar project aimed at delirium prevention for acute care neuroscience patients. The MIND Project stands for Meeting the Inpatient Needs of Delirium and included three objectives. The first objective was to increase nurses’ knowledge of delirium prevention and improve their confidence in identifying delirium. The second was to design a volunteer program to assist health care staff in preventing delirium. The third objective was to establish an ongoing monitoring approach for ensuring continued improvement in preventing delirium.