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Improving Patient Safety And Emergency Department Staff Efficiency In Barcode Medication Administration By Using The Rover™ Mobile Application, Ian Kirit

DNP Scholarly Projects

BACKGROUND: The Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest areas in the hospital. Patients are often acute, and it can get chaotic at times. Such a complex environment requires an effective and efficient system to increase staff efficiency and elevate patient safety. Patient and medication scanning has been a continuing issue with the current barcoding process using the in-room scanners and workstations on wheels (WOWs). In reviewing the Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) weekly audit report, scanner broken and scanner not available are the most frequently used reasons for not scanning patients and medications. Additionally, WOWs can be hard to …

Utilization Of The Broset Violence Checklist For Early Identification Of Aggressive And Violent Behavior To Improve Unit Safety: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Emily Sharretts

Master's Theses and Capstones

BACKGROUND: There continues to be an increase in workplace violence nationally in the healthcare setting which jeopardizes patient and staff safety. Liu et al. (2019) found about 59% of health care workers experience workplace violence. Kafle et al. (2022) emphasizes the link between workplace violence and increased levels of nurse burnout and therefore decreased job satisfaction.

LOCAL PROBLEM: The microsystem assessment revealed that there was no risk assessment tool to identifying early aggressive or violent patient behavior.

METHODS: The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) framework was used for this quality improvement project to reduce workplace violence on this unit.

INTERVENTIONS:After completion …

Enhancing Patient Safety By Promoting The Use Of The Electronic Medication Administration Record During The Preparation Of Injectable Medications: A Quality Improvement Project, Michael Ferrone

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Patient safety is a top priority for registered nurses (RNs) while caring for individuals in the healthcare setting. Of the various responsibilities of an inpatient RN, administering injectable medications pose significant risks to patients if done incorrectly. Given these known risks, the RNs of an inpatient medical-surgical microsystem were studied during the process of preparing these medications.

Local Problem: Through observations (N = 20), it was noticed that 13 (65%) of the preparations were done at a location referred to as the nurse server counter. This is problematic since this location does not provide the RN with access …