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Mentoring Nurses After Specialty Training Or Orientation In Labor And Delivery, Benjamin Jlopleh Worji
Mentoring Nurses After Specialty Training Or Orientation In Labor And Delivery, Benjamin Jlopleh Worji
Master's Projects and Capstones
Mentoring Nurses After Specialty Training or Orientation in Labor and Delivery
Abstract
Background: The setting for this project was a northern California hospital-based healthcare system referred to as “Hospital KV.” Hospital KV is a non-profit, integrated hospital that operates to improve the community’s health. Hospital KV’s maternal child health (MCH) department comprises a labor and delivery(L&D) unit, a mother and baby unit (MBU), also referred to as a postpartum unit, and an intermediate nursery (IMN).
Problem: The hospital KV MCH department faced the challenge of a nursing shortage. The nursing shortage was associated with substantial challenges to Hospital KV, its …
Reduce Extended Length Of Stay By Reducing In-Hospital Falls, Norberto Benitez
Reduce Extended Length Of Stay By Reducing In-Hospital Falls, Norberto Benitez
Master's Projects and Capstones
Abstract
Problem: Every year, there are many in-hospital falls (IHFs). Nationally there are between 700,000 to 1 million falls recorded each year. Hospital falls financially burden our healthcare industry, costing approximately 34 billion annually. Context: In a local hospital in Northern California, Marin County, the microsystem has had an extraordinary number of in-hospital falls (IHFs). To date (June 2023), 13 falls have been recorded thus far; the microsystem is on track to beat the previous year's record number of 21 falls in a calendar year. Interventions: The MSN–CNL student proposed re-educating staff, resetting expectations, and reestablishing workflow. We also sought …
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses In A Large Hospital Organization On Sepsis Bundle Elements, Jessica Lee
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses In A Large Hospital Organization On Sepsis Bundle Elements, Jessica Lee
Master's Projects and Capstones
Sepsis is a deadly condition if not treated promptly and urgently. To help lower the mortality rate from Sepsis, education on Sepsis is essential for nurses at all levels and experience. Opportunity at a healthcare organization in Northern California arose when it was found through a survey that about 6 percent of Medical-Surgical nurses have "expert knowledge" of the sepsis bundle elements. Only about 35 percent of these nurses who reported having "expert knowledge" are confident in treating sepsis patients. A team of clinical nurse leader students implemented a quality improvement project. The project was designed to expand nurses' knowledge …