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Improving Nursing Shift Handoff Reports: A Quality Improvement Project, Nathan Mm Secrest
Improving Nursing Shift Handoff Reports: A Quality Improvement Project, Nathan Mm Secrest
Master's Projects and Capstones
Nursing shift-to-shift handoff report can greatly impact a patient’s quality of care. According to the Joint Commission, “an estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers when patients are transferred or handed-off” (Inadequate handoff communication, 2017). In total, this quality improvement (QI) project worked with three hospital inpatient units on three different floors in an urban California (CA) city. Each unit and even shifts within each unit varied, leading to the conclusion that interventions should be trialed by units with the most buy-in, then adjusted to the unique needs of each unit. For our main intervention we …
Implementing A Standardized Nursing Communication Tool To Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication, Ashley D. Nator
Implementing A Standardized Nursing Communication Tool To Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication, Ashley D. Nator
Dissertations
Implementing a Standardized Nursing Communication Tool to Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication
Ashley D. Nator
B.S. Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018
A Dissertation Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice with an emphasis in Family Nurse Practitioner
August 2022
Advisory Committee
Cathy Koetting, PhD, DNP, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, FNP-C
Chairperson
Sarah Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Amy Terbrock, MSN, PCCN, SCRN, RN
Copyright, Ashley D. Nator, 2021
Original: 08/2021 Revised: 09/2021, 10/2021, 04/2022
Abstract
Problem: Patient handovers occur among nurses more than 4,000 times …
Civility And Communication Interventions To Improve Patient Outcomes, Lane Denney
Civility And Communication Interventions To Improve Patient Outcomes, Lane Denney
The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses
Communication in health care is vital for the successful care of patients and their outcomes while they are hospitalized. Healthcare workers are responsible for communicating patient information whether it is between change of shifts or reporting to a patient’s provider. It is important that this information is communicated effectively. This review evaluates how nurses communicate in shift- report and how this affects patient outcomes and civility between nursing units and teams. Overall, bedside shift reports promoted the best patient outcomes and increased teamwork on hospital units.
Reduction Of Order-To-Scan Times To Increase Patient Throughput And Improve Patient Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Project, Jason Harrington
Reduction Of Order-To-Scan Times To Increase Patient Throughput And Improve Patient Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Project, Jason Harrington
Master's Theses and Capstones
Background: Throughput is a key metric for both the emergency department and the hospital system. Diagnostic tests, such as CT scans, can lead to a large delay in patient throughput which can negatively impact patient satisfaction and patient outcomes. Finding ways to reduce delays in CT scan acquisition can positively impact patient satisfaction and patient outcomes.
Aim: The specific aim of this quality improvement project was to decrease the amount of time it takes to complete abdominal CT scans with IV contrast once ordered from 61 minutes to below 35 minutes by July 1st, 2022
Methods: Plan was …