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Advanced Practice Care Model In A Midwestern Allergy Clinic, Bernie Theobald Jan 2014

Advanced Practice Care Model In A Midwestern Allergy Clinic, Bernie Theobald

Theses and Graduate Projects

Health care organizations are creating innovative patient care models to deal with the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has led to reduced revenue for healthcare organizations and placed an impetus on quality. For healthcare providers to continue to practice, they must change their model of care. An allergy clinic in a large Midwestern healthcare organization created acare model which capitalizes on the unique skillset that nurses possess. Nurses in the care model contact the patient before their visit, assess patient needs, and follow-up with the patient in a post-consult nurse visit. The care model has …


Interprofessional Collaboration, Amy L. Brabec Jan 2014

Interprofessional Collaboration, Amy L. Brabec

Theses and Graduate Projects

The World Health Organization emphasizes the importance of interprofessional collaboration, which occurs when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, caregivers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care. As the blood and marrow transplant (BMT) practice continues to grow at a large Midwestern hospital, the need for improved interprofessional collaboration between the hospital-based nurses and the mrse coordinators in the outpatient clinic was apparent. Using Newman's theoretical framework of nurse-patient relationship, person-environment interaction, and rurses being fully present, the BMT partnership group was formed. An interdisciplinary group consisting of the hospital-based nurses and …


Nursing Bedside Shift Report: A Best Care Practice, Heather Gleason Jan 2014

Nursing Bedside Shift Report: A Best Care Practice, Heather Gleason

Theses and Graduate Projects

For healthcare organizations, patient safety and satisfaction are major priorities and are impacted by many different professional disciplines. Nurses can influence this greatly through the relationships built with patients and the information provided to them regarding care while in the hospital. Communication errors are the leading cause of sentinel events for patients, reiterating the importance of having a safe transfer of care between nurses at shift change. Bedside shift report not only creates transparency of patient information but results in improved patient safety and hospital satisfaction scores. Completing nursing shift report at the bedside promotes patients' and families' contribution to …


Partnership, Maine Medical Center Jan 2014

Partnership, Maine Medical Center

Annual Reports

Biennial Report on Nursing, 2013-2014


Analysis Of Medication Workflow In An Intensive Care Unit, Claire Roth Jan 2014

Analysis Of Medication Workflow In An Intensive Care Unit, Claire Roth

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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Trauma Resuscitation Team Program Evaluation, Lisa J. Fryman Jan 2014

Trauma Resuscitation Team Program Evaluation, Lisa J. Fryman

DNP Projects

To evaluate the effectiveness of a newly implemented charge nurse-led trauma resuscitation team approach in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU). The approach was developed to improve patient throughput efficiency at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Measures of effectiveness include patient throughput efficiency, patient clinical outcomes, and financial impact. The implementation of the charge nurse-led trauma resuscitation team showed an improvement in efficiency of patient throughput without adversely affecting patient outcomes, and opening up critical resources for the next patient that arrives.


Invited Speech: Evidence Based Practice: Acuity Based Care And Research Practice Change, Carolyn Lindgren Jan 2014

Invited Speech: Evidence Based Practice: Acuity Based Care And Research Practice Change, Carolyn Lindgren

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