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Emergency Preparedness On An Inpatient Hospital Unit, Hailee Marie Barnes
Emergency Preparedness On An Inpatient Hospital Unit, Hailee Marie Barnes
Master's Projects and Capstones
This paper will discuss the implementation of an emergency preparedness quality improvement project conducted by a University of San Francisco Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) student on an inpatient cardiac unit, Unit H, at an urban teaching hospital in Northern California, Hospital B. An assessment of the current state of emergency preparedness, a diagnosis of Unit H’s area of greatest needs, the details of planning and implementing the quality improvement as well as the final evaluation will be discussed. The nursing process will be used for the structure of this paper as it was used as the structure of this project. …
Improving Staff Responsiveness To Patient-Initiated Call Lights, Doshia B. Williams
Improving Staff Responsiveness To Patient-Initiated Call Lights, Doshia B. Williams
Master's Projects and Capstones
This Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) project involves the nursing staff and patients of a 23-bed post-surgical medical-surgical nursing unit at a Bay Area community hospital. The goal of this project was to improve patient care, patient satisfaction and staff workflow. Assessment of the microsytem revealed that from July 2013 through July 2014, the nursing unit scored below the unit’s goal 10 out of the 12 months for the HCAHPS question related to patient’s receiving help as soon as they pressed their call button. The unit’s goal is 64%; however, the 12-month average was 50%, with one month as low as …