Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Quality Improvement"
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The admission and discharge nurse role: A quality initiative to optimize unit utilization, patient satisfaction, and nurse perceptions of collaboration
(2016-06-15)Registered nurses are at the frontline of the hospital admission and discharge process. Efficiency and collaboration during these processes are critical to the patient care experience and the promotion of safe, high quality ... -
Alarm management: A quality improvement project to decreased non-actionable cardiac telemetry alarms
(2016-11-21)A high number of non-actionable cardiac alarms compromise patient safety. Up to 99% of telemetry alarms are false or non-actionable, leaving nurses to guess which 1% of alarms are real. This alarm fatigue phenomenon leaves ... -
Breastfeeding and the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: A quality improvement project
(2016-09-21)The purpose of this DNP project was to provide support for nursing staff to feel empowered and motivated to provide new mothers with the support they needed to have a positive breastfeeding experience for their babies and ... -
Bridging the gap in the continuum of care for spine surgery patients: A quality improvement project
(2017-03-24)The purpose of this paper is to discuss the inadequate communication between patient settings and the practice settings, review the literature regarding communication and risks of readmission for spine surgery patients, ... -
Care Transitions: Are Healthcare Organizations Meeting the Needs of Their Patients?
(2017-09-12)Acute care healthcare organizations struggle to identify and implement interventions to support the transition of care between hospital and home settings. One organization piloted a quality improvement (QI) project using ... -
Chronicling resident and staff outcomes throughout the implementation of a professional nursing practice model in one Midwest continuing care retirement community: A longitudinal analysis
This research used a case study approach to chronicle the process of seeking the American Nurse Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence in Long-Term Care designation in one Midwest community. The PTE-LTC practice ... -
Clinical nurse specialist mentored staff nurse as champion of performance improvement
(12/22/2017)Purpose: The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) mentored a unit based staff nurse as Champion of Performance Improvement through nursing’s shared governance council. Significance: Within shared governance, nurses ... -
Decreasing urinary incontinence in the home health setting
(2017-08-30)BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence (UI) in the home care population poses a risk for complications and hospitalization. The aim of this project was to develop and implement a protocol for UI to promote continence in the home ... -
Delirium assessment in the medical-surgical population: A quality improvement project
(2017-01-11)Background: Delirium is a complex syndrome that can affect many patients resulting in adverse outcomes. The use of a delirium assessment tool assists in the identification of delirium. The aim of this project was to determine ... -
Development of a Behavioral Health Response Team
Development of a Behavioral Health Response Team Background Description Managing behavioral health issues in the acute care hospital setting can be challenging. Acute care units often admit patients for medical reasons ... -
Distinguishing Pain versus Psychiatric Behavior in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
(5/7/2018)Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients are at risk for not having their pain recognized. When nurses do not have adequate knowledge and tools to help determine if an AD patient is experiencing pain this often results in ignored ... -
Educating nursing staff in evidence-based practice: A process improvement, development, and implementation of a preadmission clinic
(2016-10-07)An evidence-based practice (EBP) education project was developed and implemented to create a preadmission clinic in the surgical services department of a small rural hospital. The project objectives were to (a) improve ... -
Effect of Clinical Pathway Implementation on Outpatient Wait Time to Urgent Specialty Appointment
(2018-03-02)Untoward wait time between a primary care referral and initial urgent specialty care appointment was identified during a root cause analysis at the project facility. Ambiguous role responsibilities and unclear referral ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of two teaching strategies on nursing students knowledge skills and attitudes of quality improvement and safety
(2017-12-22)In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, which found that 44,000-98,000 people die as a result of preventable medical errors each year. Following this report ... -
Evidence-based clinical guidelines and their impact on prevention of catheter related blood stream infections
The growing concern for hospital-acquired infections in healthcare has stimulated the development of evidence based practice guidelines. Healthcare institutions across the United States are increasing their focus on the ... -
Evidence-based practice change: Implementation of a collaborative practice model for diabetes
(2017-09-12)Background: The prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the United States is high, especially in underserved populations. Many patients with T2DM do not receive the optimal interprofessional collaborative ... -
Hourly rounding and fall prevention: A change process
(5/9/2018)Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing older adult patients living in nursing homes. The focus of this project was to implement an hourly rounding fall prevention protocol in a nursing home that provides ... -
How high! Decreasing blood pressure in men aged 45-65 in primary care: A quality improvement project
(2018-05-15)Purpose: Hypertension is a health issue that affects many people worldwide. The Memphis area has many people who have been diagnosed with hypertension and experience poor outcomes. A local Memphis primary care clinic allowed ... -
Impacting Nursing Stress: The Implementation of a Standardized Referral Process in the Outpatient Pediatric Care Setting
(2018-06-25)Aim. This DNP project was aimed at reducing process time and stress levels perceived by nurses working in three outpatient pediatric offices. Background. Nursing stress has been studied for decades. Research studies have ... -
Implementation of rheumatoid arthritis assessment tool: A quality improvement project
(2016-10-07)Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis is a common inflammatory arthritis resulting in joint destruction that leads to physical and functional disability. This condition is characterized by variable disease activity ...
