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Improving Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Confidence In Initiating The Code Blue Process, Moung Sui A. Lee
Improving Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Confidence In Initiating The Code Blue Process, Moung Sui A. Lee
Master's Projects and Capstones
Lack of confidence in responding to codes can decrease patient outcomes, for any delay in care reduces the chances of revival. As codes occur less frequently in medical-surgical units, nurses who work in this specialty are not as equipped to respond to codes like their ICU or ER colleagues. To address this concern, a code blue readiness training was implemented in six different medical-surgical units of an East Bay hospital. Pre and post surveys were utilized for data comparison on nurses’ confidence in responding to various steps of a code. The results revealed an overall increase in confidence. For this …
Code Blue Readiness: Improving Nurse Confidence And Performance, Michelle Zia Sultani
Code Blue Readiness: Improving Nurse Confidence And Performance, Michelle Zia Sultani
Master's Projects and Capstones
In the event of a code blue, otherwise known as a cardiac arrest, in a hospital setting, the nurse is usually the first to respond. A nurse must be confident in themselves and their skills to provide quality compressions and other BLS skills. Many nurses on medical surgical floors do not experience a code blue. This quality improvement project aims to improve the confidence, and quality of Code Blue readiness in nurses working on Medical Surgical units. The process begins with nurses answering a pre-survey about their current confidence in handling a code. The process ends with nurses answering a …