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Implementing Lean Daily Management System To Improve Cvor First Case On-Time Starts, Haley Borchers, Kelly Fehlhafer, Barbara Mueller, Jessica Nichols, Sarah Talken, Mary Hunter, Kenneth Sam Jan 2018

Implementing Lean Daily Management System To Improve Cvor First Case On-Time Starts, Haley Borchers, Kelly Fehlhafer, Barbara Mueller, Jessica Nichols, Sarah Talken, Mary Hunter, Kenneth Sam

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Decreasing Cardiac Arrests In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Jeremy Affolter, Kathlyn Baharaeen, Mari Hanson, Lisa Laddish, Amy Bohm, Lindsey Bradbury, Megan Mcghee, Anne Leroy, Hannah Cunningham, Michelle Waddell, Tiffany Mullen, Kimberly Lucas, William Douglas, Angel Pope, Marita Thompson, Paul N. Bauer, Erica Molitor-Kirsch, Tara Benton, Laura Miller-Smith Jan 2018

Decreasing Cardiac Arrests In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Jeremy Affolter, Kathlyn Baharaeen, Mari Hanson, Lisa Laddish, Amy Bohm, Lindsey Bradbury, Megan Mcghee, Anne Leroy, Hannah Cunningham, Michelle Waddell, Tiffany Mullen, Kimberly Lucas, William Douglas, Angel Pope, Marita Thompson, Paul N. Bauer, Erica Molitor-Kirsch, Tara Benton, Laura Miller-Smith

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Use Of Personalized Patient Heart Diagrams At The Bedside To Improve Quality Of Care, Melissa D. Elliott Jan 2017

Use Of Personalized Patient Heart Diagrams At The Bedside To Improve Quality Of Care, Melissa D. Elliott

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Title: Use of personalized patient heart diagrams at the bedside to improve quality of care

Background/Introduction: With congenital heart disease no two hearts are exactly the same. Even with the same lesion, the anatomy of the heart can be completely different. In response to a bedside nursing idea following a cardiac arrest, advanced practice nurses (APN) initiated a program to provide personalized cardiac anatomy diagrams at the bedside of every patient on the cardiology service.

Methods: When a cardiac patient is admitted to cardiology floor, the nurse will check the patients chart for an anatomy picture, then will place …


Pre-Implementation Of A Fontan Post-Operative Clinical Pathway: Summary Of 2016 Pdsa Cycles, Sarah M. Lagergren, Bryan Beaven, Suma Goudar, Megan Jensen Jan 2017

Pre-Implementation Of A Fontan Post-Operative Clinical Pathway: Summary Of 2016 Pdsa Cycles, Sarah M. Lagergren, Bryan Beaven, Suma Goudar, Megan Jensen

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Background/Introduction: Post-operative hospitalization for the Fontan procedure tends to have an extended hospital length of stay (LOS). From 2013-2014, the average LOS at Children’s Mercy for the Fontan procedure is 14 days, whereas the U.S. national reported average is 11 days. Post-operative management of this patient population is often caregiver dependent. It has been theorized that developing a more standardized post-operative management regimen tailored specifically toward the unique physiology of Fontan patients may be able to improve outcomes and decrease LOS.

Methods: A review of literature was performed and revealed three pediatric institutions have published their post-operative Fontan care guidelines. …