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Impact Of Fall Education To Oncology Staff On Oncology Patient Fall Rates, Danni Sloane
Impact Of Fall Education To Oncology Staff On Oncology Patient Fall Rates, Danni Sloane
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Significance & Background
Falls and fall-related injuries impact patients' health outcomes and are the most commonly reported adverse event in hospitals. Patient falls also affect reimbursement rates and can increase length of stay by about 6.3 days and increase undue patient harm. An increase of patients falls on the medical and surgical oncology acute care units have caused undue physical harm, increased moral distress, mental fatigue, and burnout in nurses; as well as placing financial burdens on the healthcare system. Implementing fall education and interventions aligns with national patient safety goals, is a top-priority project, is in alignment with the …
Improving Time To Defibrillation, Jonathan Eyestone, Dana Gilbreth, Amanda Maloney, Tina Pham
Improving Time To Defibrillation, Jonathan Eyestone, Dana Gilbreth, Amanda Maloney, Tina Pham
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"ABSTRACT TITLE: Improving Time to Defibrillation
Background: Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (PSVMC) Medical Surgical units are not meeting the American Heart Association requirement of less than 3 minutes to defibrillation. Time to defibrillation in codes with shockable rhythms averages 4.2 minutes. In Mock Codes, only one met the time less than 3 minutes; four Mock Codes had times over 5 minutes. Resuscitation Quality Improvement CPR (RQI) training is required quarterly. Defibrillator practice with overall Code Blue competency is annual.
Purpose: Combine the hands-on practice of the defibrillator with the hands-on training for RQI.
Methods: The Medical Surgical unit 6 …