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Program Evaluation Of A Bundled Educational Intervention To Enhance Implementation Of Professional Exchange Report, Luanne M. Shaw
Program Evaluation Of A Bundled Educational Intervention To Enhance Implementation Of Professional Exchange Report, Luanne M. Shaw
Doctoral Projects
Communication handover is a source of potential error and risk to patient safety. Electronic-based tools may reduce errors and mitigate risks to patient safety. Electronic tools have been successfully implemented using multiple methods of education and training. Electronic tools vary in functionality and integration with the electronic health record (EHR). A large West Michigan Regional Health System (RHS) implemented a new EHR containing an embedded tool for communication handover called Professional Exchange Report (PER). There was inconsistency in the practice of bedside report by nurses. The RHS planned to use a bundled approach of educational interventions to implement the new …
Perceived Barriers To The Pre-Transplant Evaluation: A Patient Perspective, Linda K. Buck
Perceived Barriers To The Pre-Transplant Evaluation: A Patient Perspective, Linda K. Buck
Doctoral Dissertations
Patients who are afforded the opportunity for a kidney transplant tend to have better short and long-term outcomes, including improved physical health, quality of life, and long-term survival over those who are treated with prolonged dialysis (Landreneau, Lee, & Landreneau, 2010; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (OPTN/SRTR), 2014; Wolfe et al., 1999). At the end of 2012, 402,514 people were being treated with hemodialysis while 40,605 were receiving peritoneal dialysis (USRDS, 2014). At this same time, only 92,885 people were listed on the OPTN national waitlist for kidney transplantation. The aim of this project …