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Team Up Against Sepsis: Six Tasks In Sixty Minutes, Karin Kloppel, Barbara Richards
Team Up Against Sepsis: Six Tasks In Sixty Minutes, Karin Kloppel, Barbara Richards
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: Sepsis is the number one cause of mortality in hospitals nationwide. Our hospital system has identified sepsis mortality reduction as a top priority. Early recognition and treatment through improving sepsis bundle compliance was the selected focus in a 40-bed Emergency Department (ED) a community-based hospital.
Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a team response to sepsis alerts on sepsis outcomes in the ED in an acute care hospital.
Methods: Prior to implementing a team approach to sepsis alerts, ED staff were surveyed to describe awareness of SIRS and sepsis criteria and of sepsis bundle intervention metrics. Challenges identified …
Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries On An Advanced Care Unit, Dawn Doud, Lynn Stapleton
Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries On An Advanced Care Unit, Dawn Doud, Lynn Stapleton
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are increasing nationwide. HAPIs are a negative outcome of hospitalization and these conditions are not eligible for reimbursement, resulting in billions of dollars of healthcare costs to hospitals. HAPI rates were noted to climb on an advanced care unit in a community-based hospital in the Pacific Northwest. In order to reduce this patient harm event, the nurse manager partnered with the nursing professional development specialist to lead a HAPI prevention quality improvement plan.
PURPOSE: To decrease HAPI rates on the Advanced Care Unit.
METHODS: The nurse manager conducted a deep dive on all HAPI events …