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Critical Care Orientation Escape Room, Leah Deaton
Critical Care Orientation Escape Room, Leah Deaton
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Newly licensed nurses often feel unprepared and lack confidence as they transition from academia to practice. Education Specialists who oversee training programs for newly graduated nurses are challenged to create education modalities that are meaningful, engaging, and promote critical thinking. The purpose of this project was to create an Educational Escape Room to reinforce principles of safe medication administration for new nurses entering critical care areas in a large pediatric hospital. Escape Rooms engage learners through gamification and active-learning principles to improve knowledge synthesis and retention. Eighty-three newly hired critical care RNs participated in the Educational Escape Room during house-wide …
The Effect Of Home Health Interventions On Hospital Readmission Rates In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Lindsay Reavis
The Effect Of Home Health Interventions On Hospital Readmission Rates In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Lindsay Reavis
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Heart failure is a common diagnosis that affects millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, heart failure is associated with a high risk of 30-day hospital readmission rates. Home health nurses have the potential to bridge the gap between discharge and hospital readmission by providing up-to-date patient education on a one-to-one basis. Research indicates home health nurses lack knowledge of the disease process, nurse management of the disease, and treatment. This project focused on an educational session about the pathophysiology of heart failure, fluid/weight monitoring, diet, medications, and exercise with a pre- and post-tests evaluating home health nurses understanding of heart failure. …