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Initiating A Skin-Care Bundle In The Emergency Department To Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries In Geriatric Patients, Suzanne Babcock, Pamela Hardesty
Initiating A Skin-Care Bundle In The Emergency Department To Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries In Geriatric Patients, Suzanne Babcock, Pamela Hardesty
Graduate Publications and Other Selected Works - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
BACKGROUND: Adults 65+ comprise 15.2% of the United States (U.S.) population and 17.9% of Emergency Department (ED) visits. Aging causes changes to skin, including thinning and loss of elasticity. Annually, in the U.S., 2.5 million individuals develop Pressure Injuries (PI), causing 60,000 deaths. Hospital acquired PIs in the U.S. cost $26.8 billion annually, over $10,000/patient and increase the length of stay by greater than four days.
LOCAL PROBLEM: This project occurred in a 27-bed Geriatric Accredited Emergency Department in a southeastern U.S. city where patients 65+ comprise 40% of the patient volume annually. PIs can begin developing within two hours. …
How Nurses Perceive Their Task Load When Caring For Behavioral Mental Health Patients In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Emily Cameron, Robert Cornette
How Nurses Perceive Their Task Load When Caring For Behavioral Mental Health Patients In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Emily Cameron, Robert Cornette
Graduate Publications and Other Selected Works - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Abstract
Introduction: Pediatric behavioral mental health patients are being seen more frequently in the emergency department setting. With this ever-growing number of cases comes the need for trained staff, including registered nurses, to care for these children during a mental health crisis. With this increase comes increased stress of nurses’ workload. The purpose of this project was to identify nurses’ perceptions of their workload when completing three identified tasks: communication, procedures, and initial intakes. Methods: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Task Load Index tool was used to measure nurses’ perceptions of how difficult each task was to complete. …