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Icu Liberation Bundle: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Julie Anne Snyder Amoroso
Icu Liberation Bundle: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Julie Anne Snyder Amoroso
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Practice Problem: Patients with increased ventilator days see dramatic increases in their chances of developing healthcare-related conditions (HAC). Extended ICU stays increase the potential for problematic issues in patients' physical, mental and spiritual health with short-and-long-term consequences.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was looking at adult ventilated patients in a medical ICU (P) and what is the effect of initiating interdisciplinary ABCDEF-ICU liberation bundle rounding as (I) compared to no ICU liberation bundle rounding (C) has on the length of ventilator days (O) over eight weeks (T).
Evidence: Evidence from quality studies and backing from the …
Reducing Falls Related To Toileting, Brian Locastro
Reducing Falls Related To Toileting, Brian Locastro
Student Scholarly Projects
Practice Problem: The practice problem for the medical-surgical unit is a high rate of falls associated with toileting activities, despite universal fall precautions for all patients. The current fall rate is an average rate of 4 falls per 1,000 patient days.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: Among adult patients in the inpatient medical-surgical unit (P), what is the effect of adding a toileting care plan (I) to the current practice of universal fall precautions (C) to reduce the severity and incidence of falls (O) within an 8-week period (T)?
Evidence: Nine high-quality articles supported a toileting …