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Implementing kangaroo mother care in the preterm infant unit of Potchefstroom Hospital
(2017-02-14)The Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy Africa (MCHNLA Africa) develops the leadership skills of maternal and child health nurses and midwives who work in a variety of healthcare settings. The academy prepares ... -
Implementing moral distress and burnout in nursing education: A preliminary study
Nursing students implemented a one-day conference addressing moral distress, burnout, and coping mechanisms. Whether through integrated within the curriculum or a one-day event, there is a need for an intervention to be ... -
Implementing obesity management in primary care: Linking evidence based guidelines with a nurse practitioner model of care
(2016-06-03)Background: Obesity is a rising epidemic, affecting over one third of U.S. adults and over 13% of the world’s population, carrying significant morbidity and mortality. There have been decreasing rates of obesity ... -
Implementing palliative care across the life span
(2013-12-19)Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013: The palliative care service line at our 735 licensed bed facility recently received palliative care (PC) certification through TJC. Moving forward, our newly unified ... -
Implementing Peer Evaluation of Clinical Teaching
(2018-03-23)Clinical education provides the nursing student opportunities to learn the practice of nursing.The clinical instructor facilitates learning by assisting students to integrate knowledge into their practice, improve their ... -
Implementing Project ECHO: Complex care management, using technology to support primary care nurses
(2017-07-28)Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes® (ECHO) is a well-established, innovative, and effective intervention to strengthen primary care infrastructure for medically underserved patients. Through videoconferencing ... -
Implementing protocols in the emergency department to improve care for sexual assault patients
This quality improvement project answered the following question: Does implementation of sexual assault forensic examination protocols with educational training increase the number of staff who are knowledgeable and ... -
Implementing purposeful hourly rounding on medical surgical unit to decrease call light usage and increase staff responsiveness HCAHP scores
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Background Information: Nursing can influence patient satisfaction by how well the nurse delivers the care and the ability to anticipate patient needs proactively. Staff ... -
Implementing recommended perioperative pain practice guidelines by incorporating intravenous acetaminophen
(2015-04-21)Optimizing perioperative pain management is important in decreasing adverse outcomes in surgical patients. The purpose of this project was to implement recommended perioperative pain practice guidelines by incorporating ... -
Implementing Rowley's Aseptic Technique on wound care in a home health setting
Pathogen contamination is a risk factor for patients with wounds in home-based care. At the project site, there was no current evidence-based wound care guidelines for the nurses to use during wound care. The purpose of ... -
Implementing SBAR communication tool in a tertiary nursing school in Nigeria
This presentation describes the implementation of the Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR)communication tool in the final year curriculum of a tertiary Nursing School in Nigeria using a visual simulation module -
Implementing Screening to Assess Readiness to Change in Overweight and Obese Patients at a Patient-centered Medical Home
Obesity is at epidemic levels within the United States (U.S.), but the Southern U.S. has some of the most obese states. Mississippi (MS) is the most obese state in the country (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2018). Factors ... -
Implementing simulation courseware in a pediatric nursing practicum
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Background: There is little studies to prove the effect of simulation method on the advancement of critical thinking and clinical judgment. Purpose: This study aims to develop ... -
Implementing strategies to improve patient perception of nursing communication
(2016-12-16)According to the Joint Commission (TJC), effective communication and patient and family centered care impacts quality and safety (2014). The aim of this project was to improve patients’ perception of nurse communication ... -
Implementing supervised injection services
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2018)The purpose of this best practice guideline (BPG) is to provide an overview of principles, resources, and structures for delivering evidence-based supervised injection services (SIS). This guideline is for nurs ... -
Implementing team huddles on an acute psychiatric unit: Evidence-based practice project
(2016-04-01)Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: Barriers to implementing Evidence Based practice have been reported extensively include: lack of time, lack of resources and lack of knowledge. Nurses are aware of the value of ... -
Implementing the '6th Vital Sign' into primary care
Background: Around the world, someone develops dementia every three seconds ("Dementia statistics | Alzheimer's disease international," 2015). Current evidence shows that in clinically healthy people, pathophysiological ... -
Implementing the clinical nurse leader (CNL) role in Japan
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: The provision of high quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare care is a complex process in health systems across the globe ... -
Implementing the PHQ-2 Depression Scale for depression on the mobile diabetes unit
Problem: Healthcare is not considered a human right within the United States. The vulnerable and underserved face consistent barriers to healthcare such as racial inequities, geographic location, and lack of access to name ... -
Implementing the promotion of ambulation and upright positioning during the first stage of labor
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014: Although mobility in labor for low-risk women is supported by professional organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Congress of Obstetricians and ...
