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Assessment Of Fall Protocol Use On A Medical-Telemetry Unit, Ashia Mar
Assessment Of Fall Protocol Use On A Medical-Telemetry Unit, Ashia Mar
Master's Projects and Capstones
Purpose: This quality improvement project serves to implement a fall prevention plan to decrease patient falls on the medical-telemetry unit of a large metropolitan hospital.
Background: Patient falls are a persistent nationwide problem in the acute care setting. Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur in hospital every year and approximately 30-35% of these falls result in injury and 11,000 falls result in death (Health Research & Educational Trust, 2016). Falls always cause harm to the patient, whether it is emotional or physical; but, falls can also cause harm to the providers, family, and organization. Patient injury, additional hospital expenses, and …
Implementation Of An Evidenced-Based Practice Curriculum To Improve Nursing Practice For Epidural Administration And Monitoring, Chatty O'Keeffe
Implementation Of An Evidenced-Based Practice Curriculum To Improve Nursing Practice For Epidural Administration And Monitoring, Chatty O'Keeffe
Master's Projects and Capstones
Abstract
Epidural analgesia (EA) is one inpatient pain management option prescribed by Acute Pain Services (APS) at VA Puget Sound Health Care Services (VAPSHCS). Historically, EA nursing care at VAPSHCS has been managed by surgical units. However, in the last two years, facility restructuring and budget constraints have led to reorganization and consolidation of units. The reduction in units providing nursing EA care has resulted in an overflow of EA patients to the medical intensive care unit (MICU). A previous gap analysis of the compliance in nursing performance of EA nursing care on the surgical acute care unit demonstrated poor …