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Nurse Efficiency & Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Access: Evidence Based Intervention Benchmark, Jacob D. Frost
Nurse Efficiency & Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Access: Evidence Based Intervention Benchmark, Jacob D. Frost
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Gaining IV access is this first step into accurate, timely diagnosis and interventions of patients. Nurses are typically the first medical professional a patient sees. If the nurse can establish IV access as early as possible this will lead to faster interventions faster diagnostic results and better management for patients and ultimately better patient outcomes. Ultrasound guided IV can increase first attempt success rates leading to decreased painful IV insertions by multiple nurses. This would increase patient satisfactions scores leading to higher re-imbursement.
Hourly Rounding To Reduce Patient Falls - A Quality Improvement Project, Shelley L. Lloyd
Hourly Rounding To Reduce Patient Falls - A Quality Improvement Project, Shelley L. Lloyd
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Patient falls are devastating. They can result in injury and even death. They also result in extra costs for the patient as well as they facility. Hourly rounding is a simple process that can help reduce the number of patient falls within an acute care facility. Purposeful hourly rounding will help meet the needs of the patient as well as allow the staff member to asses the environment for safety issues. Rounding should happen every hour during the day and every two hours at night. During these rounds, staff will ask the patient about pain, bathroom needs, comfort, peacefulness of …