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Cesarean Section Surgical Site Infection Prevention Evidence-Based Practices And Implementation Plan, Amanda K. Smith
Cesarean Section Surgical Site Infection Prevention Evidence-Based Practices And Implementation Plan, Amanda K. Smith
Master's Projects
The Cesarean section (C-section) surgical site infection prevention implementation plan has been designed as a quality improvement project. The project included a microsystem assessment, identifying the problem, literature review, application of a nursing theory and conceptual model, and development of an implementation plan. The microsystem assessment involved a Labor and Delivery Unit who had initiated a new surgical site infection (SSI) prevention bundle developed by an interprofessional team utilizing evidence-based practices and other hospitals protocols. The problem defined was the elevated rates of SSIs due to gaps in the SSI bundle risking the sustainability of the bundle. A literature review …
Management For Spinal-Induced Hypotension In Elective Cesarean Section, Louise Lok Yun Sin
Management For Spinal-Induced Hypotension In Elective Cesarean Section, Louise Lok Yun Sin
Nursing Capstones
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Implementing Awhonn’S Evidence Based Guidelines For Managing The Second Stage Of Labor, George S. Knapp
Implementing Awhonn’S Evidence Based Guidelines For Managing The Second Stage Of Labor, George S. Knapp
Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts
Objective: To improve cesarean rates without worsening perineal tissue integrity or neonatal 5 minute Apgar score. Design: Quality improvement project evaluated with descriptive statistics. Setting: A 24-bed perinatal floor at a general acute care hospital in San Diego County California. Patients: Nulliparous term mothers with a vertex singleton pregnancy (NTSV) with or without epidural anesthesia (EA). Intervention/Measurements: To implement the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrical, and Neonatal Nurses’ (AWHONN) evidence based clinical practice guidelines, Nursing Care and Management of the Second Stage of Labor and Nursing Care of the Woman Receiving Regional Analgesia/Anesthesia in Labor and measure the outcomes of …