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Coping With Labor Education For Nurses, Donna Vo

Master's Projects and Capstones

The “Coping With Labor Education for Nurses” education plan is substantiated by data from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) vaginal birth initiative toolkit and other research. Evidence-based data from multiple sources indicates that improving how labor support is offered at the bedside for the laboring patient can potentially decrease cesarean rates, reduce expenses, and increase savings. The objectives of this plan are to improve patient advocacy and the level of labor support interventions labor and delivery nurses will provide for patients to improve patient satisfaction score above 80%, decrease or maintain cesarean rates below 24.9%, and improve patient …

Performance Gap Among Nurses In Splint Application And Crutch Training, Aidalyn P. Carino

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

The aim of this CNL internship project is to improve the current nursing practices by closing the performance gap among nurses on splint applications and crutch training within the 3-month course of this project. This project was implemented in a urgent care setting where Minor injuries such as sprains, strains or fractures are commonly seen by immobilization by application of splints which is given by the nursing staff. Micro assessment of the work flow of unit showed that only a few members of the staff routinely do these procedures and results from a self- assessment survey showed that 50% …