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Cultural Competency At The Bedside: Developing A Plan Of Care For Limited English Proficiency Patient Populations, Jenna Czech Jan 2015

Cultural Competency At The Bedside: Developing A Plan Of Care For Limited English Proficiency Patient Populations, Jenna Czech

Nursing Posters

To improve nursing skills and competency in caring for culturally diverse and limited English proficiency patient populations.


Creating Successful Mentoring Relationships, Mary Leyk, Colleen Porwoll Jan 2015

Creating Successful Mentoring Relationships, Mary Leyk, Colleen Porwoll

Nursing Posters

Literature suggests that a formal mentoring program increases nursing engagement and retention. Objective: Develop a nurse mentor program to enhance new nurse satisfaction and retention.


Developing Cultural Competence, Patricia Blonigen-Heinen, Roberta Basol Jan 2015

Developing Cultural Competence, Patricia Blonigen-Heinen, Roberta Basol

Nursing Posters

Caring for patients from many cultures is an important part of health care today. Why learn about cultural competencies? Because developing cultural competencies benefits everyone. You can: help patients receive more effective care; help your facility meet standards of The Joint Commission; and improve your job performance.


Evidence To Measure And Implement Patient Satisfaction In Fbc Patients, Meredith Wells Jan 2015

Evidence To Measure And Implement Patient Satisfaction In Fbc Patients, Meredith Wells

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: The purpose of this project is to increase Family Birthing Center patient Press Ganey satisfaction scores by focusing on communication with nurses, implementing communication guidelines and nurse accountability for compliance.


Evidence To Support Standardized End Of Life Care Utilizing Evidence-Based Training, Education, And Protocol/Order Sets, Sara S. Revier Jan 2015

Evidence To Support Standardized End Of Life Care Utilizing Evidence-Based Training, Education, And Protocol/Order Sets, Sara S. Revier

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: Develop and implement evidence based standardized end of life care through education, case identification, and care delivery tools for adult med/surgical patients transitioned to comfort care as compared to current, non-standardized care for patients transitioned to comfort care.


Heart Failure And Depression: Reducing Readmission Rates, Janelle Maciej Jan 2015

Heart Failure And Depression: Reducing Readmission Rates, Janelle Maciej

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: Reduce heart failure readmissions through implementation of a depression assessment in the acute care setting.


I Heard It Through The Grape Vine, Terri Mccaffrey Jan 2015

I Heard It Through The Grape Vine, Terri Mccaffrey

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: Patients who are informed and active in their care are more likely to follow recommendations. Providers play a vital role in accomplishing positive communication with cleft team and families.


Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Specific Orientation, Joyce Belanger, Becky Kastanek Jan 2015

Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Specific Orientation, Joyce Belanger, Becky Kastanek

Nursing Posters

CMS has specific requirements for all Inpatient Rehab Facilities. Data collection in the form of FIM "Functional Independence Measure" is one of them. Due to these requirements, it was felt that we needed to provide further education to our new hire staff from all disciplines.


Tipping The Sacred Cow: Hospital-Wide Implementation Of Bedside Report, Bonnie Rozycki, Katie Schulz, Naomi Schneider, Mary Leyk Jan 2015

Tipping The Sacred Cow: Hospital-Wide Implementation Of Bedside Report, Bonnie Rozycki, Katie Schulz, Naomi Schneider, Mary Leyk

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: The purpose of this project is to implement bedside report hospital-wide in order to improve patient satisfaction scores.


Improving Scip-4 Glucose Measures, Melissa Fradette Jan 2015

Improving Scip-4 Glucose Measures, Melissa Fradette

Nursing Posters

A performance improvement project was initiated to increase the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) glucose measure compliance. Order sets were modified to standardize glucose monitoring frequency and initiate insulin infusions. A previous practice of double documentation (manual and glucose meter interface documentation) were abstracted as 2 separate results. When glucose interfacting became an option, the practice of manual entries did not stop. The use of manually documented results for decisions failue to prompt interface confirmation; non-validated results do not interface. The plan: implement order set changes; eliminate manual documentation; and rely on interfaced measures to make clinical decisions.


Medical-Surgical Certification - You Can Do It!, Mallory Mondloch Jan 2015

Medical-Surgical Certification - You Can Do It!, Mallory Mondloch

Nursing Posters

Nursing certification is an official recognition of a nurse's knowledge and expertise within an area of specialty practice. Nurses value certification as it contributes to personal accomplishment and satisfaction. Certification is valued not only by the individual nurse, but also by patients. It has been correlated with increased patient satisfaction scores and improved quality of care. Some of these positive patient outcomes include decreased fall rates and decreased mortality and failure respond rates. Evidence has shown that certification enhances staff nurses empowerment, subsequently decreasing turnover and increasing retention. Enhanced feelings of personal accomplishment, personal satisfaction, and validation of specialized knowledge, …


Giving Time Back: Implementing A Electronic Nursing Protocol For Skin Care, Amy Gorecki, Sue Omann, Kim Schuster Jan 2015

Giving Time Back: Implementing A Electronic Nursing Protocol For Skin Care, Amy Gorecki, Sue Omann, Kim Schuster

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: To improve the accessibility of evidence based skin care interventions for the clinical nurse without the need of a CWOCN consult.


Implementing A Tiered Pain Protocol In The Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient, Heidi Meyer, Kelen Sohre, Tamara Welle Jan 2015

Implementing A Tiered Pain Protocol In The Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient, Heidi Meyer, Kelen Sohre, Tamara Welle

Nursing Posters

Objective: Address the culture of pain management with physicians and nurses utilizing a tiered pain protocol in conjunction with non-pharmacological approaches to achieve improvement in pain satisfaction to a tolerable level.


Patient Education Barriers, May Schomer, Hannah Newhouse Jan 2015

Patient Education Barriers, May Schomer, Hannah Newhouse

Nursing Posters

Introduction: Our survey answers corresponded closely to the research data found. The typical barriers included time, subject knowledge, patient education needs assessment, setting for teaching and nursing teaching skills.


Pneumonia: Ongoing Efforts To Improve Outcomes, Centracare Health Jan 2015

Pneumonia: Ongoing Efforts To Improve Outcomes, Centracare Health

Nursing Posters

Background: Original improvement efforts emphasized correct antibiotic, early mobilization, adequate hydration, and early and ongoing oxygen weaning. Ongoing efforts include: early mobilization, obtaining room air sats on admission, early and ongoing oxygen weaning, and patient education.


Reducing Readmissions For Newborns With Hyperbilirubinemia, Kristi Patterson Jan 2015

Reducing Readmissions For Newborns With Hyperbilirubinemia, Kristi Patterson

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: The purpose of this project is to reduce 30 day readmissions rates by 20% for normal newborns with hyperbilirubinemia on their index admission by utilizing the AAP clinical practice guideline including: utilizing the AAP nomogram based on age in hours, screening prior to discharge, and implementing the recommended interventions at discharge.


Treating Early Sepsis Outside Of The Icu Using A Bundle Of Interventions, Jennifer Burris Jan 2015

Treating Early Sepsis Outside Of The Icu Using A Bundle Of Interventions, Jennifer Burris

Nursing Posters

To decrease cost and length of stay for sepsis patients by standardizing treatment in the progressive care units (PCUs).


Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Implementing A Skin Champion Model, Jennifer Burris Jan 2015

Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Implementing A Skin Champion Model, Jennifer Burris

Nursing Posters

Purpose Question: Will an evidence-based skin champion model in the ICU improve nursing knowledge and perceptions about pressure ulcer prevention and reduce hospital acquired pressure ulcers?


Using Core Competencies To Help Staff Remain Proficient, Mary Leyk Jan 2015

Using Core Competencies To Help Staff Remain Proficient, Mary Leyk

Nursing Posters

Problem: Implement a competency program that engages staff compared to usual computer-based training modules. Objective: Design a multi-modal competency program for bedside nursing staff.


Shifting The Paradigm Of Classroom Nursing Orientation, Mary Leyk Jan 2015

Shifting The Paradigm Of Classroom Nursing Orientation, Mary Leyk

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement: The purpose of the Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Orientation Project is to find evidence to support a change in teaching strategy for newly hired RNs (both New Grads as well as experienced nurses), from the current process in order to improve outcomes of clinical competence, independence and nurse confidence, and retention.


What The Heck Is Value-Based Purchasing??, Centracare Health Jan 2015

What The Heck Is Value-Based Purchasing??, Centracare Health

Nursing Posters

Medicare has changed the way hospitals get paid. The new payment program is called Value-Based Payments (VBP). VBP is made up of two parts: incentives & penalities.


Utilizing A Protocol To Reduce Post-Operative Urinary Retention In Total Joint Arthroplasty, Gina Anderson-Malum, Naomi Schneider Jan 2015

Utilizing A Protocol To Reduce Post-Operative Urinary Retention In Total Joint Arthroplasty, Gina Anderson-Malum, Naomi Schneider

Nursing Posters

Foley catheters have not routinely been used for our total joint patients for many years, leading staff to bladder scan and straight catheterize patients postoperatively. Bladder scanning and catheterization were identified as an inconsistent practice. Patients were commonly straight catheterized when nurses determind bladder scan volume and time of last void; yet the amounts for both and decision to catheterize were inconsistent. Also, the clinical evaluation and treatment was inconsistent among physicians. Variations in practice included rationale for a urology consult, use of medications for urinary retention, and documentation. Baseline urinary retention condition codes ranged from 8-18%, which led our …