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Transitioning With Grace: Improving Quality Of Life For Comfort Care Patients In The Intensive Care Unit, Melissa Ashley
Transitioning With Grace: Improving Quality Of Life For Comfort Care Patients In The Intensive Care Unit, Melissa Ashley
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
The primary aim of this project was to develop and execute a standard protocol of interventions for comfort care patients on a medical intensive care unit. Staff at a 15 bed MICU at a Midwest urban teaching hospital from June 1 until August 11, 2018 were trained to execute a standardized protocol of interventions for comfort care patients. Seventeen MICU patients who transitioned to comfort care were offered a standardized set of evidence-based interventions, after staff attended educational in-services on providing high quality end of life (EOL) care. Checklists were used to determine intervention compliance. Pre-project and post-project surveys were …
Introduction Of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery For Colorectal Surgical Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Amanda R. Mcvey
Introduction Of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery For Colorectal Surgical Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Amanda R. Mcvey
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
The purpose of this practice project was to develop and introduce an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol for colorectal surgical patients at a tertiary care center in southern Illinois. Project aims included reviewing available literature and study outcomes to develop an evidenced-based ERAS protocol for colorectal surgery and educating anesthesia providers about ERAS to introduce the evidenced-based ERAS protocol for colorectal surgery. An educational presentation and learning assessment tool were developed and subsequently presented to the anesthesia providers at the host facility. The first step toward implementing the protocol is education, as such, the results of the assessment questions …