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Interdepartmental Rounding, Peggy Anderson, Carrie Strick, R3 Med-Surg Unit, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman, Maine Medical Center Operational Excellence
Interdepartmental Rounding, Peggy Anderson, Carrie Strick, R3 Med-Surg Unit, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman, Maine Medical Center Operational Excellence
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTORS AND NURSES IN AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL
Effective interdisciplinary communication is imperative for safe patient care in an acute care hospital environment.
A surgical unit used their HCAHPs scores to assess how often patients perceived there was good communication between different doctors and nurses during their hospital stays. The data demonstrated that this occurred 22% less often than the national average.
As a result of a root cause analysis, a number of countermeasures were initiated with the goal of achieving scores greater than the national average. Post KPI inception in the second quarter of …
Evidence Based Nutritional Management Of Adult Patients With Severe Burns, Ashley Lazarz, Samantha Waller
Evidence Based Nutritional Management Of Adult Patients With Severe Burns, Ashley Lazarz, Samantha Waller
Interprofessional Research and Innovations Council
Clinical Scholars Abstract 2017
Title: Evidence based nutritional management of adult patients with severe burns.
Presenters: Ashley Lazarz RD, LD and Samantha Waller MS, RD, LD
Background/Literature: It is estimated that more than 2 million people suffer burns in the United States annually, resulting in approximately 3400 deaths. Burns cause pathological alterations in nearly every system of the body and changes in both metabolism and immunity in the burned patient contribute to adverse outcomes. (1) Hyper-metabolism leads to severe catabolism and loss of lean body mass in the severely burned patient making nutrition intervention critical. (2) Literature indicates that enteral …
Development Of A Traumatic Brain Injury (Tbi) Order Set At Maine Medical Center, Sarah Bockian, Emily Esslinger, Martha Weatherhead
Development Of A Traumatic Brain Injury (Tbi) Order Set At Maine Medical Center, Sarah Bockian, Emily Esslinger, Martha Weatherhead
Interprofessional Research and Innovations Council
Development of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Order Set at Maine Medical Center
Sarah Bockian, RN, SCRN
Emily Esslinger, RN
Martha Weatherhead, RN
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force causes brain dysfunction. TBI management in the critical care setting focuses on treating the initial, or primary brain injury, as well as secondary injuries, caused by hypoxia, hypotension, and swelling. Due to the lack of consensus within the literature, in addition to numerous attending and resident physicians at Maine Medical Center (MMC), variability in care often occurs. Nursing staff within the neuro-intensive care unit at MMC noticed …