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Evidence-Based Practice For Influenza And Pneumococcal Nurse-Driven Protocol, Melissa Tunc
Evidence-Based Practice For Influenza And Pneumococcal Nurse-Driven Protocol, Melissa Tunc
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
At the project site in New Jersey, eligible patients were leaving the hospital without receiving the influenza or pneumococcal vaccine. The field site has an established, evidence-based, nurse-driven protocol. The purpose of this project was to increase adherence to the current influenza and pneumococcal nurse-driven protocol on one medical-surgical unit. This unit had experienced low adherence rates to the nurse-driven protocol for vaccines, not reaching the New Jersey state target of 96% administration prior to discharge. The practice-focused question was: Will increasing awareness of evidence-based practice increase adherence to the influenza and pneumococcal vaccine protocol? A quality improvement plan was …
Development Of A Quality Improvement Program To Support Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Heather Richards
Development Of A Quality Improvement Program To Support Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Heather Richards
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nurses are expected to perform evidence-based practice (EBP) at the point of care (POC) to promote positive outcomes through the quality and safety of patient care. The struggle for nurses on the surgical digestive unit in a hospital to adopt EBP is the lack of access and knowledge to evidence-based research at the POC. The utilization of information technology is an innovated approach to providing access and knowledge for EBP at the POC to improve patient outcomes. The project was to develop a quality improvement program to improve nursing access and knowledge of EBP resources. The program was to identify …