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Bridging The Gap: Educating Medical-Surgical Unit Nurses In A Large Hospital Organization On Sepsis Bundle Elements, Meara J. Matthews
Bridging The Gap: Educating Medical-Surgical Unit Nurses In A Large Hospital Organization On Sepsis Bundle Elements, Meara J. Matthews
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Based off results obtained from a pre-education survey of nurses on a medical-surgical unit in a large hospital organization, there is an opportunity to increase knowledge and confidence level regarding sepsis and care of septic patients so that nurses are prepared to detect sepsis early and intervention can begin.
Context: The project is being conducted in a medical-surgical unit at a large hospital organization in Northern California. The data from the survey includes 17 nurses on the unit who completed the pre-education …
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 …