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The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas
The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas
Annual Reports
10 Year Anniversary Book of Research, Magnet Conference and Quality Improvement Project Abstracts, 2010-2020: Cover and Table of Contents. Index published separately.
The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas
The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas
Annual Reports
10 Year Anniversary Book of Research, Magnet Conference and Quality Improvement Project Abstracts, 2010-2020: Index. Cover and Table of Contents published separately.
Identification Strategies For The Very High Fall Risk Patient In An Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, P6 Inpatient Geri-Med Psychiatry, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman
Identification Strategies For The Very High Fall Risk Patient In An Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, P6 Inpatient Geri-Med Psychiatry, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Patients falling as a result of geriatric and psychiatric impairments are at a much higher risk than the average patient population. An acute care inpatient psychiatric team used baseline metrics to demonstrate increasing fall rates per month that surpassed the unit’s target number. As a result, a quality improvement project around falls was felt to be warranted.
The overall goal of this study was to improve patient safety by reducing falls for their very high risk fall population. A root cause analysis determined that this population was not being properly identified and several tools were developed and employed to better …
Or Rn Onboarding. A Quality Improvement Project, Victoria Burkhart, Eroica Hunter
Or Rn Onboarding. A Quality Improvement Project, Victoria Burkhart, Eroica Hunter
Interprofessional Research and Innovations Council
OR RN Onboarding. A Quality Improvement Project.
Victoria Burkhart, BSN, RN
Eroica Hunter, BSN, RN, CNOR
Background: National Data1 shows that about 18% (1 in 5) new RNs leave their 1st job within 1 year; 1 in 3 leave within 2 years. National Data2 also shows that OR nursing turnover was in 2014 17.2% and in 2015 this had increased to 19.2%. At MMC OR turnover compares to national data, but has been slightly lower over the past years (e.g. 2014 - 10.9%; 2015 - 10.8% and 2016 - 9.5%). However, today in MMC OR, 28 …