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Differences In Anxiety In New-To-Practice Traditional And Non-Traditional Registered Nurses In Clinical Practice, Sharon Mingo
Differences In Anxiety In New-To-Practice Traditional And Non-Traditional Registered Nurses In Clinical Practice, Sharon Mingo
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New-to-practice RNs experience anxiety during licensure preparation and orientation. Such anxiety is anticipated to linger for approximately 6 months as the RN transitions to practice and adapts to professional nursing. Many new-to-practice RNs report feelings of anxiety. Their anxiety can negatively affect the quality and safety of nursing care and increase nurse turnover. Unfortunately, the literature on anxiety in traditional post-licensure in new-to-practice RNs in clinical practice lacks information on non-traditional post-licensure new-to-practice RNs' experiences when starting professional practice roles in health care settings. This descriptive comparative study compares differences in anxiety in new-to-practice RNs of traditional and non-traditional Bachelor …
Improving Patient Safety And Emergency Department Staff Efficiency In Barcode Medication Administration By Using The Rover™ Mobile Application, Ian Kirit
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BACKGROUND: The Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest areas in the hospital. Patients are often acute, and it can get chaotic at times. Such a complex environment requires an effective and efficient system to increase staff efficiency and elevate patient safety. Patient and medication scanning has been a continuing issue with the current barcoding process using the in-room scanners and workstations on wheels (WOWs). In reviewing the Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) weekly audit report, scanner broken and scanner not available are the most frequently used reasons for not scanning patients and medications. Additionally, WOWs can be hard to …
Educational Process Improvement Program For Novice Anesthesia Providers Learning Safe Management Of The Anesthesia Workstation, Robert M. Vitale, James Mahon
Educational Process Improvement Program For Novice Anesthesia Providers Learning Safe Management Of The Anesthesia Workstation, Robert M. Vitale, James Mahon
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Patient safety is at the cornerstone of the delivery of quality anesthesia. A historically pervasive patient safety threat related to the field of anesthesia has been the anesthesia workstation. Although anesthesia delivery improvements are based on refining physical engineering principles, they are also based on preventing human error. This DNP project uses an educational process improvement design to generate an evidence-based simulation educational activity for novice anesthesia providers to better prepare themselves for the reality of anesthesia workstation malfunction and human error.
An Evidence-Based Teaching Plan For Novice Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists On Medication Shortage Safety Threats And Management, Daniel Worley, Beata Zimmerman
An Evidence-Based Teaching Plan For Novice Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists On Medication Shortage Safety Threats And Management, Daniel Worley, Beata Zimmerman
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Shortages of anesthesia medications pose significant risks to patient safety. Despite this, no standardized educational program was located to regularly update practicing anesthesia providers nor was this topic identified by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs as a requirement for nurse anesthesia training programs. The purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based Teaching Plan for novice certified registered nurse anesthetists. A directed content analysis identified key themes from relevant literature. Themes included counts and patterns of medication shortages, lack of alternatives, impact on patient safety, professional concerns related to changes in practice, quality concerns, characteristics, …