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Oral Care Bundle Impact On Staff Assisted Oral Care, Sabrina Oliver
Oral Care Bundle Impact On Staff Assisted Oral Care, Sabrina Oliver
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Practice Problem: Non-ventilator hospital acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is more common than ventilator acquired pneumonia. Oral care is the only modifiable risk factor for all patient populations.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: In non-ventilated patients in a tertiary care setting (P), how does implementing an oral care bundle (I) compared to the current practice of individual tasks without a bundle (C) affect adherence to facility oral care standard of patients receiving oral care at least once a day (O) over six weeks (T)?
Evidence: Lack of an oral bundle that has been proven to decrease …
Leadership Rounding To Improve Patient Satisfaction In Pediatric Ambulatory Care, Tara J. Haskell
Leadership Rounding To Improve Patient Satisfaction In Pediatric Ambulatory Care, Tara J. Haskell
Student Scholarly Projects
Practice Problem: Low patient satisfaction has been linked to poor treatment compliance, patients leaving the practice, staff decreased job satisfaction, and high staff turnover (Haskard Zolnierek & DiMatteo, 2009; Prakash, 2010). Magnet reporting has identified wide discrepancies in ambulatory clinics, with some clinics reporting below benchmark patient satisfaction ratings.
PICOT: In pediatric ambulatory and primary care services, how will the implementation of leader-led customer service rounding, compared to current practice, increase family and/or patient satisfaction over 4 weeks?
Evidence: Key findings are that the rounding needs to be population-specific, intentional, and swiftly followed up when problems are identified. The body …