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Improvements to the hospital wide BCMA process through the collaborative efforts of the nursing and pharmacy departments
(2016-03-21)The purpose of forming our multidisciplinary task force for post go live Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) was to identify potential problems and come up with solutions to improve patient satisfaction and patient safety. -
Improving access for Northeast Indiana to quality healthcare
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Thursday, September 25, 2014: As the number of individuals requiring healthcare continues to increase, there is a similar need for an increase in easily accessible primary care providers. Fort Wayne ... -
Improving access to psychiatric health care through the use of telepsychiatry
Poster was presented on Wednesday, December 11, 2019The purpose of this project is to highlight the importance of providing quality, safe, and secure access to psychiatric healthcare for the vulnerable mental health ... -
Improving acute care med/surg staff perception of the hospital's workplace violence program
Historically, front line staff perceive that workplace violence is part of the job and must be tolerated. The project focuses on changing staff perception, related to the efficacy of the hospital’s workplace violence ... -
Improving adjunct nursing instructors' knowledge of student assessment in clinical courses
Utilization of adjunct nursing instructors to teach clinical courses is a common occurrence in nursing programs. Adjunct clinical instructors are often expert clinicians, but they have limited experience in teaching and ... -
Improving advanced directive completion rates: Utilizing technology with a virtual platform
Improving the regularity of advance care planning and increasing the number of individuals with active advanced directives contributes to robust palliative care. Virtual settings can allow for more patients to participate ... -
Improving alcohol use screening and brief intervention: A multidisciplinary mobile app randomized control trial
(2018-06-20)This presentation will review the global epidemiology of alcohol misuse and clinical strategies to combat the health consequences of hazardous alcohol misuse including multidisciplinary SBIRT training, and the development, ... -
Improving assessment adherence in geriatric psych patients with behavioral symptoms of agitation and aggression in the acute care setting before administering psychotropic medications
There is currently no systemic or evidence-based process in place for nurses to follow on assessing inpatient geriatric psychiatric patients when they experience agitation and aggression. There have been growing concerns ... -
Improving assessment competency of telephonic care managers for postpartum depression through educational intervention
(2017-10-17)This project will describe a process to provide education on postpartum depression to telephonic care managers and evaluate the impact of improved competency as a result of the development of a standardized workflow. -
Improving asthma outcomes with a community-based asthma specialty clinic
This presentation will describe a novel nurse-developed program designed to improve asthma outcomes in urban children. Program barriers and facilitators will be also be discussed. -
Improving attitudes and perceived competence in caring for dying patients: An end-of-life simulation
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Purpose: End-of-life care education is critical for nurses, especially in today's healthcare climate. The End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) has established ... -
Improving awareness of recommended preconception health behaviors to improve birth outcomes
Maternal and infant mortality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed country. Black women and infants are more likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth than any other racial ... -
Improving baccalaureate nursing students' critical thinking ability through the initiation of patient safety simulations
(4/4/2016)Patient safety is the priority objective within the healthcare system (Harjai & Tiwari, 2009; Robert & Petersen, 2013; Robson, Clark, Pinnock, White, & Baxendale, 2013; Vaismoradi, Salsali, & Marck, ... -
Improving Bedside Nurse Accuracy in Rhythm Interpretation Using Different Teaching Strategies
The ECG interpretation competency of our nurses was brought into question upon changing from static to dynamic evaluation methods during annual testing. Ongoing education and resources were provided and monthly audits were ... -
Improving bedside nurses' resilience for a less stressful work environment
This longitudinal, cross-sectional study tested interventions to reduce work stress while building resiliency in registered nurses at four hospitals. Nurses were given a kit with validated stress reduction strategies. ... -
Improving bi-directional communication within nursing service by implementing a tiered huddle structure
Tiered safety huddles provide a systematic process for bi-directional communication within nursing service. Safety huddles identify and decrease gaps in processes, resolve issues related to safety, resources, equipment, ... -
Improving breastfeeding outcomes: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-efficacy intervention with primiparous mothers
Breastfeeding is recommended as the optimal source of nutrition for newborns for the first 6 months of life and beyond with the addition of complementary foods. While breastfeeding initiation rates have been ... -
Improving care coordination: Impact of a doctorate of nursing practice prepared clinical nurse specialist
(2017-07-24)Transformations in healthcare have challenged organizations to control costs while continuing to provide high quality care. Simultaneously, patients continue to present with higher acuities and increased complexity of ... -
Improving care for psychiatric patients in the emergency center
Session C presented Thursday, September 27, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the usefulness of a hand-off tool which will prompt providers to address specific care needs of the psychiatric ... -
Improving care for the veteran population through respectful interprofessional collaboration: One college's experience
(2017-06-14)The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a novel educational offering on the interprofessional knowledge and attitudes related to health care of the rural veteran. With roots back in the 1960s, the ...
