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Working Through A Virtual Reality: Empowering Experienced Nurses Through Hybrid Orientation Programs, Latoria Massey

Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects

The year 2020 was not the year of the nurse that many expected. Frontline teammates were put at risk for so much more than just the usually fast-paced clinical and ethical decisions of their time. In a matter of months, the same professionals that were noted for being hard-working, diligent individuals were now fatigued, burned out, and working under some stressed and unrealistic constraints. The staffing needs in several acute care facilities changed drastically as the global crisis now known as COVID-19 continued to spread. Nationwide redeployment models were initiated, pulling many nurses into new unchartered territory. Among the stress …

Nursing Annual Report: 2021, Centracare Health

Nursing Annual Report

Message from the CNO

Message from Central Operations, SVP - St. Cloud Hospital President

St. Cloud Hospital Statistics

New Magnet Program Director, Nursing Strategic Plan FY 2021

Patient Experience

Nursing Care Delivery

Exemplary Professional Practice

Shared Governance

Working Relationships

Professional Development

Nursing Makes a Difference

Implementation And Standardization Of Evidence Based Practice For Reprocessing Of Flexible Endoscopes, Patricia Dumonceaux, Jenna Rooda, Dena Walz

Nursing Posters

To improve patient safety and quality of care by implementing a standardized process for high level disinfection (HLD) of flexible endoscopes

Increasing Access To Data Through Microsoft's Power Bi, Rumana Ahmad, Kristi Patterson

Nursing Posters

What is Power BI?

• A collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.

What’s in it for me?

• Users can quickly & easily explore trends for CC inpatients across common outcome measures including case counts, length of stay, mortality, & unplanned readmissions to help identify variation & opportunity for improvement. For example, compare COPD patient case counts, length of stay,and in-house mortality across CC hospitals.

No One Goes Missing: Creating An Elopement Risk Safe Plan Of Care, Jennifer Burris, Kathryn Collins, Holly Kockler, Tiffany Omann-Bidinger, Elizabeth Plante

Nursing Posters

To identify patients at risk for elopement by developing an evidence-based elopement risk screening tool and plan of care.

Admission Documentation Overhaul, Jennifer Burris, Holly Kockler, Hillary Waldum

Nursing Posters

Improve the admission documentation workflow by revamping the admission Navigator and Functional Health Assessment

High Reliability Principles In Safety, Abby Henderson, Leigh Klaverkamp

Nursing Posters

• Subject matter experts compare actual performance to expected performance.
• A standard set of questions for specific subtypes of events help establish trends.
• HRO's (High Reliability Organization) equip leaders and frontline staff to spot systemic causes of human error.

Improving Hepatitis B Vaccination Rates In Nephrology Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qi Initiative, Jill Swanson

Nursing Posters

• Hepatitis B vaccination is an important health maintenance preventative measure for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Prior to initiating dialysis, hepatitis B vaccination administration is proven to be more effective than waiting until patients begin dialysis treatments.
• Efficacy and immune response of the hepatitis B vaccine is greater when kidney function is greater
• To better improve hepatitis B vaccine administration among the CKD stage 4 population, education measures and Epic modifiers will be implemented to achieve change
• Nursing knowledge and hepatitis B vaccine administration will improve after implementation of these measures

A New Approach To Sternal Precautions: Keep Your Move In The Tube, Kelijo Fernholz, Jayna Theis, Erik Anderson

Nursing Posters

Purpose:

• To guide patients and staff in a new approach to sternal precautions following median sternotomy

Current Practice:

• 10-pound lifting restriction for 4 weeks
• 20-pound lifting restriction until 3 months post operation
• Limited arm exercises
• Sit to stand push restrictions

Why Change:

• Literature review demonstrates great variation in sternal precautions
• Currently too restrictive; may hinder recovery and long-term mobility. Too many restrictions can create fear of movement, resulting in short term rehab discharge needs
• To create more independence for the patient, less reliant on family members for ADLs and basic needs. Patients to return to regular home and work activities …

Performance Improvement Leadership Rounding Implementation, Dena Walz

Nursing Posters

To improve patient experience scores and address patient concerns in real time.

A proactive behavior that facilitates leaders building relationships with patients and families, managing expectations, and achieving and validating consistency of key behaviors.

A member of leadership will conduct a purposeful conversation with a chosen patient three days a week regarding the care provided during their procedural appointment.

Contemporary Treatment Options For Pulmonary Embolism, Tanya Glenz, Teresa Jahn

Nursing Posters

Purpose:

Provide RNs education on the classifications of PEs and new catheter directed treatment options.

Significance:

• PE remains a common and lethal entity
• PE is the 3rd leading cause of cardiovascular death in hospitalized patients (60,000-1000,000 per year)
• 150,000-250,000 PE related hospitalizations per year
• RNs must be knowledgeable of the classifications of PEs and catheter directed therapies to promote positive patient outcomes
• Prior to catheter directed therapies, submassive PEs had a mortality rate up to 20% at 3 months and were traditionally treated with IV heparin, or oral anticoagulant therapy

Routine Post Surgical Vital Signs: Time For A Change, Kristina Kjellberg, Elizabeth Plante, Sadie Seezs

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to evaluate the current routine post operative vital signs and determine if reduced frequency of vital signs is as effective in identifying deterioration after a post anesthesia care unit (PACU) discharge.

Synthesis of Evidence:

• Patient survival in the post operative time period is maximized with the recognition and management of abnormal vital signs
• Post op periods can carry great respiratory and circulatory complications, which are identified by abnormal vital signs especially heart rate and blood pressure
• Multiple sources have identified that current frequency of post operative vital signs is based …

Rapid Evaluation Teams (Ret): No Longer Just For Hospitals, Amanda Thorson

Nursing Posters

Study:

Everyone goes to the Nursing Home for End of Life - Right? Wrong Cumulatively, over a 4-year study there were 678 residents with Full Code status residing at Carris Health Care Center and 687 residents the DNR/DNI status. That is only a 10-resident different between Full Code and DNR/DNI

Plan:

• Improve long-term care staff's ability to call for, and receive, support to rapidly evaluate and address an urgent or concerning situation.
• Need for this plan is supported by increased number of OHFC substantiated events related to code status in MN and number of residents with Full Code status in …

Suspension Of Independent Double-Check For Subq Insulin Administration, Mallory Mondloch, Jennifer Watson

Nursing Posters

Study:

After a 1-month pilot of suspending the dual sign-off/independent double-check process, 160/163 random subQ insulin administrations from various units were administered correctly. This yielded a 98% success rate. No patient harm occured.

Plan:

Per Institute of Safe Medication Practices, dual sign-offs/independent double-checks are more effective for select high risk meds and not all. Since implementation of the insulin calculator, medication errors related to subQ insulin administration have reduced compared to previously when solely two licensed staff members performed a manual, independent double-check. After implementation of the validated eMAR tool - the insulin calculator - it was still required for …

A Practice Innovation To Improve Staff Vaccination Knowledge And Skills, Ijeoma Ugochukwu

Nursing Posters

Abstract:

The practice improvement project explored the best practices for equipping CentraCare Health System's (CCHS) Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Certified Medical Assistants' (CMAs) with childhood vaccination knowledge and communication skills necessary to educate hesitant patients and parents about the benefits of vaccination compliance. Innovative computer-based education (CBE) was identified and developed to empower LPNs and CMAs working in the ambulatory setting with childhood vaccination knowledge and communication skills to improve their ability to educate hesitant patients and parents about the benefits of vaccination. The CBE module was guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior in identifying vaccination knowledge and …

Grieving Nurses' Need For Support, Tammy Patterson

Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects

Veteran nurses vacate their positions after more than 20 years of nursing experience due to the chronic emotional grief experienced after patient death. Nursing programs lack the curriculum support to sufficiently instruct student nurses how to appropriately deal with patient death. This lack of understanding leads the way for nurses to develop unhealthy coping mechanisms and withdrawing from the profession. A needs assessment was conducted and confirmed the desire and demand for support of nurses experiencing grief. A method was developed to support grieving nurses who are experiencing or will experience grief. A peer support group was established to assist …

A Dnp Quality Improvement Project Addressing Low Hiv Screening Rates Of College Students, Kimberly Griffin

Graduate Research Showcase

Abstract

A DNP Quality Improvement Project Addressing Low HIV Screening Rates of College Students

The overall HIV testing rate is very low in the United States. HIV is easily preventable with safe sexual practices, and early HIV screening is effective in identifying individuals affected and assuring linkage to care. The rate of HIV testing among college students reflects the low numbers of the national average. This quality improvement project evaluated attitudes towards HIV testing of undergraduate college students. The project aimed to determine attitudes of college students towards testing as well as relationships between demographic factors, frequency of HIV testing, …

Freestanding Ers: The Answer To Overcrowding, Karen Traub

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

Does A “Just Culture” Improve Patient Safety?, Wanda Lucille Parks

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

Nursing: Global Impact Increases Healthcare Effectiveness, Madison Slacktish

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

The discipline of nursing has a major impact on the world globally. Research has found when nurses collaborate across boarders, then patient outcomes tend to increase. Disease does not stop because there is a boarder from one country to the next. Therefore, worldly collaboration has positive influences on how nurse's practice and ways to change protocols to increase better patient outcomes.