Geriatric Nursing Commons^™

Improving Nursing Staff Knowledge For Management Of Geriatric Patients With Confusion In The Emergency Department, Kareem G. Carter

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: Staff knowledge of effective management of confusion in geriatric patients (>65yo) may be limited and inconsistent with the current goal of establishing a geriatric-friendly Emergency Department (ED) Model of Care. Suboptimal management of this patient population can result in prolonged ED stays, which increases the cost to the hospital and the patient (Han & Wilber, 2013).

Context: An Emergency Department at a large Bay Area urban hospital hopes to obtain Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) through the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

Interventions: Create a simplified checklist for nursing staff using mnemonic devices to …

Pressure Injury Prevention: A Quality Improvement Project Utilizing Incontinence Care Education, Laura Renner

Graduate Publications and Other Selected Works - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Objective: Evaluate whether the initiation of incontinence care education can improve pressure injury knowledge by an average of 5% in post-test scores over 1 month. Design: Theoretical Framework: Lewin’s Three-Step Model for Planned Change and Evidence-Based Practice Improvement Model. Setting/Local Problem: A 20-bed acute care geriatric unit in a large metropolitan hospital in middle Tennessee with inappropriate use of incontinence management products. Participants: Nurses and nursing assistants employed at the project site. Intervention/Measurements: An educational tool was developed to improve knowledge on pressure injury prevention through incontinence management. A pre-test and post-test were conducted immediately before and after educational tool …