Browsing by Item Type "Quality Improvement"
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Care of women who have experienced a stillbirth
Background: Evidence has shown that the care rendered to women experiencing stillbirths influences their grieving process (Saflund, Sjogren & Wredlin, 2004:137). Thus, it is important to improve the quality of the education ... -
Caring for bereaved mothers who lost their babies as stillbirths, neonates and infants up to five years: An inter-professional approach
Background: In 2017, neonatal morality rate for Eswatini was 17.4 deaths per 1000 live births, infant mortality rate 40.8 deaths per 1000 live births and under-five mortality rate 53.9 deaths per 1000 live births. In one ... -
Implementation of evidence based alternative birth position in a hospital in Tshwane
Background: Evidence has shown that alternative birth positions including upright, kneeling, squatting and lateral positions, improves maternal and child outcomes (Gupta, et, 2017). However, despite clear evidence, midwives ... -
Implementing Evidence to Improve Chronic Insomnia Treatment for Older Adults in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project
Background: Chronic insomnia (CI) affects over 50% of American adults 65 years and older. The most currently used treatment approach for this problem is inconsistent with the most up-to-date evidence-based clinical guidelines ... -
Improving cord care of neonates in an acute care unit at a Ugandan referral hospital
Background/context: Umbilical cord infection poses significant risks for neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation, the Ugandan Ministry ... -
Increasing breastfeeding support among neonatal nurses
The importance of breastfeeding support remains a global phenomenon, as breastfeeding remains the algorithm of healthcare promotion throughout the life span. The purpose of this project reviews benefits of improving ... -
Muscular skeletal disorders amongst staff in a referral hospital in Uganda.
Background: Muscular-skeletal disorders include a wide range of inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, peripheral nerves, and supporting blood vessels with ache, pain ... -
Nurse-led quality improvement presentation of advance directives in an outpatient oncology setting
For oncology patients with no advance directives, vital conversations about advance care planning can occur too late, therefore rendering them unable to verbalize their end-of-life wishes. However, nurses have a pivotal ... -
Prenatal Care Education for Women Experiencing Unplanned Pregnancy
This project suggested that the Prenatal Care Education Module (PCEM), a series of three brief videos lasting a total of ten minutes, may be an effective way to educate women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy about the ... -
Preventing malnutrition in children under 5-years using affordable local foods at a referral hospital, Ghana
Background: Malnutrition is a universal problem that affects children under-five years and a major cause of death in children worldwide. About 60% of the 10.2 million annual mortality rates of children under-five years ... -
A quality improvement initiative to create a positive environment for sensory developmental care in a neonatal intensive care unit
Background - The project was a response to the lack of sensory friendly interventions in the author’s clinical facility. After audit review, the staff was found lacking in knowledge and practices. Based on the audit ... -
A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Medication Adherence Management in a Clinic to Increase Medication Adherence in a Medically Vulnerable Group
This Quality Improvement Project (QIP) assessed the effect of a multi-component evidence-based (EB) Medication Adherence Intervention on adherence at a nurse-managed, student-run free clinic treating medically vulnerable ... -
Quality of maternal care at maternity waiting homes in Chitipa District in Northern Malawi
Background - A maternity waiting home is a building located near a health facility where high or low risk pregnant women who reside very far are accommodated to await labor and delivery. Maternity waiting homes have been ... -
Reducing neonatal infections in a regional referral hospital in Eswatini: A quality improvement project
Introduction and Background: Infection is one of the leading causes of neonatal deaths in Eswatini. Undefined neonatal infection accounted for 38.2% of neonatal admissions at a regional referral hospital in 2017. Upon ... -
Reflections on barriers and facilitators for inter-professional collaboration in independent midwife-led care
Background - Maternity care in Gauteng and South-Africa is at a crossroad: the public sector is overburdened, intervention rates are high in the private sector, and private obstetrician-led care is expensive. Midwife-led ... -
Reinforcing measures to reduce post cesarean section endometriosis and hysterectomy cases at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the inflammation of the endometrium and myometrium, usually caused by infections after cesarean section. Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s (QECH) records showed that from January to July 2018, ... -
Self-perceived leadership development of peer tutors in inter-professional undergraduate healthcare studies
Introduction - Peer tutors are used as teaching partners in undergraduate program at the University of Pretoria to transfer knowledge and practical skills to students from various healthcare disciplines. Peer tutors are ... -
Twenty-four hour observation of vital and warning signs in low-risk postpartum care
Introduction. The postnatal period is a critical phase in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur within the first 24 hours following birth, but this is the most neglected period for ...