Nursing Commons^™

Improving The Patient Handoff From Or To Picu In Children Who Have Undergone Cardiac Surgery Using A Standardized Handoff Tool, Amanda Taylor

Doctoral Projects

Inpatient hospitalizations for children are often costly. Children often transition from one setting to the next while hospitalized, therefore their provision of care is also transferred from one care team to the next. This transition presents a vital time for the child, that may be associated with adverse events and medical error. Adverse events can lead to poor outcomes for the child. Despite efforts to improve patient handoffs, communication failures are still abundant in healthcare. Research indicates that the use of a standardized handoff tool from one setting to the next is an effective method for improving the patient’s transition. …

Electronic Communication Among Anesthesia Providers, Joseph K. Wells

Doctoral Projects

Facilities in the United States are utilizing electronic communication devices (ECDs) for their nursing staff on intensive care units, general medical-surgical floors, and chemotherapy floors, but it is underutilized in the operating room where seconds truly matter (Wu et al., 2012). Situations arise daily within operating rooms that require quick and decisive communication to avoid poor patient outcomes. The ultimate goal is to prevent poor patient outcomes by enhancing communication among anesthesia providers.

This doctoral project evaluated an anesthesia group in southeast Mississippi regarding their satisfaction with current devices used for communication. This anesthesia group utilized smart phones and public …

Improve Intra-Operative Nurse-To-Nurse Communication Using A Safety Checklist, Silvinita Tadeo Rowe

Doctoral Projects

Poor and inadequate handoff, or transfer of care of the surgical patient care from the primary to the relief operating room registered nurse circulators, can result in irreversible patient harm, or sentinel events, such as retained foreign items. In this study, Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory was the framework for implementing the handoff safety checklist. Also, Donabedian's structure process and outcome was the model to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and improvement in the quality of patient handoff communication and improvement of nurse satisfaction over time. Nineteen-statement surveys, conducted at multiple timeframes, were completed by volunteer operating room nurse participants. In …