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Sch Icu Expanding Pics Throughout Centracare, Jessica A. Tindal

Nursing Posters

Purpose:

Sharing information about Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) to all in CentraCare. PICS symptoms do not appear until weeks to months after a critical care illness so patients at home may not know what to do with their symptoms.

Future Plans:

• May 2023 - introducing CICU to the PICS process during their Nurse Practice meeting.
• May 2023 - updating the Hospital Medicine Section CNS
• Fall 2023 - meeting with the Ambulatory Work Cabinet group to see if our system of notification is working
• What opportunities do we have with teaching Progressive RNs about PICS and our Diaries?
• How can …

Lighting The Way To Ensure Safe Transition Home, Barb Haney, Ashley Mirabile, Dianne Wilderson, Beckie Palmer, Ashley Lewis, Cris Mills, Eugenia K. Pallotto

Posters

All aspects of discharge (education, screenings, appointments, plans and home services" must be completed and appropriately communicated prior to discharge to ensure safe transition to home.

Goal: Standardize all aspects of discharge in a large, busy 84-bed Level IV NICU with >1000 admissions/year and >300 nurses, >60 NNPs, and >25 neonatologists.

• 95% of patients with lengths of stay >3 days have all discharge planning completed prior to discharge/Parent Care Unit overnight stay

The Kanga-Croo: Nurse Resident Champions Creating Momentum For Improvement, Brett Butler, Jacob Burden, Carly Creekmore, Blair Griffin, Taylor Godemann, Taylor Hagen, Theresa Koelling, Mary Anne Kucera, Halle Magid, Makenna Miller, Monica Page, Mary Riffel, Madison Stebbins, Sarah Stokes, Skylar Suppes

Posters

Topic Summary:

Kangaroo Care (skin to skin care) is a parent-led, evidence-based intervention which improves outcomes in neonatal patients including: decreased apnea, increased weight gain, increased parent satisfaction and decreased length of stay.

Results:

Nurse resident team interventions to support parent engagement and remove barriers to Kangaroo Care (KC) through iterative PDSA cycles from January 2018 to July 2019 yielded positive results within a subset of ICN patients.

Who Codes In The Nicu: An Analysis Of Demographics And Factors That Place Neonates At Higher/Lower Risk Of A Serious Code Event And Prognosis Post-Code, Danielle N. Gonzales, Ashley K. Sherman, Jennifer Dremann, Staci Elliott, Amelia Gute, Amber Bellinghausen, Jessica Brunkhorst, Danielle Reed

Posters

This study analyzed resuscitation events in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit from 2012-2017 to determine whether there are identifiable differences between those who have a rapid response event and those with a short or long code and determine factors post-event that may impact survival to discharge.