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Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance In The Emergency Department, Oscar J. Castillo
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance In The Emergency Department, Oscar J. Castillo
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: The Quality Improvement (QI) Project focused on improving early sepsis management and sepsis bundle adherence among Emergency Department (ED) nurses to decrease sepsis mortality rates and avoidable length of hospital stays (LOS).
Context: A group of Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNL) students evaluated sepsis protocol compliance at Hospital A's ED, which provides critical care for patients with various medical conditions. The CNL students concentrated on patients identified with sepsis for the QI Project.
Interventions: Limitations and time did not allow for the implementation of interventions. Recommendations offered to management included increasing sepsis training biannually and intravenous placement skills, offering sepsis …
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance In The Emergency Department, Efrain Perez Trujillo
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance In The Emergency Department, Efrain Perez Trujillo
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: This quality improvement (QI) project aims to optimize early sepsis management and sepsis bundle compliance among Emergency Department (ED) registered nurses in order to reduce the risk of sepsis-related deaths and associated hospital length of stay.
Context: Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students conducted a microsystem assessment on the ED at Hospital A, located within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. This microsystem, equipped with 115 nurses and 44 rooms, consists of an acuity of care for urgent to life-threatening medical conditions, including sepsis.
Intervention: Following time constraints, and limitations, implementation of an intervention was not feasible; however, CNL students …
Improving Early Sepsis Recognition: Resocializing Intensive Care Unit Nurses In A Large Hospital On The Inpatient Sepsis Bundle Checklist, Elizabeth Rose Maykel
Improving Early Sepsis Recognition: Resocializing Intensive Care Unit Nurses In A Large Hospital On The Inpatient Sepsis Bundle Checklist, Elizabeth Rose Maykel
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: In order to lower sepsis morbidity and mortality rates through early recognition and treatment, this quality improvement project sought to raise sepsis awareness and bundle compliance within the Intensive Care Unit.
Context: Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students completed a microsystem assessment of the Intensive Care Unit at Hospital X in Northern California. This unit cares for patients with sepsis, organ failure, respiratory failure, different types of shock, acute kidney injury, and traumatic brain injury.
Interventions: The implemented intervention included a refresher huddle on sepsis bundle awareness. Though the intervention was ineffective, the students did offer recommendations …