Browsing Open Dissemination Materials - Groups and Individuals by Level of Evidence "Quality Improvement"
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12-lead ECG monitoring with the EASI System in the OR: A quality improvement project
The intent of this project was to assess current use and knowledge of the EASITM system, educate anesthesia providers about the EASITM system, and re-assess knowledge and use of this system in clinical practice. The use ... -
2017 Pathway Award® winner: UHCC employs Pathway to Excellence® standards and technology to facilitate safe, face-to-face hand-offs
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-06)The American Nurses Credentialing Center partners with sponsor Cerner to annually confer the $25,000 Pathway Award® to a Pathway to Excellence®-designated organization that demonstrates innovation and technology to enhance ... -
2020 ANCC Pathway Award® winner
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2021-08)Each year since 2011, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has partnered with Cerner to bestow the ANCC Pathway Award® on a Pathway to Excellence®-designated organization to elevate the practice ... -
Academic interventions for ELL nursing students: A pilot program
Background and Review of Literature: Diversity in the nursing workforce has become a necessity. However, the number of minorities entering the nursing workforce remains low. Research has shown that English-Language ... -
Acuity-based assignments to decrease missed nursing care
Nurses strive to deliver quality patient care in a healthcare environment that can be very challenging at times. High patient acuity is one of many variables that contribute to the difficulties that nurses face in the acute ... -
Adding the patient's perspective to hand cleaning compliance
The aim of this project is to improve hand cleaning compliance rates of HCPs by adding the patient's perspective to the multi-modal hand cleaning practices. Patients’ views and opinions are usually not included in ... -
Addressing compassion fatigue of a family caregiver of adolescents in a mental health setting: A practice change project
Family members who care for adolescents with a mental health disorder (AMHD) have yet to be recognized as an at-risk population for developing Compassion Fatigue (CF). The project introduced the concept of CF and the ... -
Addressing self-efficacy in cardiovascular emergencies
Problem: New graduate nurses in an urban midwestern emergency department self-identified that they lacked self-efficacy in cardiovascular emergencies. The objective of this study was to measure self-efficacy in the ... -
Adolescent vaping and education: Does it make a difference?
E-cigarette use and vaping has increased dramatically in the U.S. since 2011 among high school students and is a serious public health concern. Nicotine is an addictive substance and nicotine may harm teen brain development. ... -
Advance directive promotion in the community setting
Problem: An advance directive is a recognized legal document that expresses a person’s own wishes and values which will guide medical decision making in the event of serious illness or incapacity. Despite many ongoing ... -
Advance directive protocol in the primary care setting
Background and Review of Literature: Advance directives (AD) are documents that offer patients a way to avoid unwanted care in the event of a serious illness or incapacity. Studies demonstrate the care patients receive ... -
Advancing disaster nursing: Disseminating a critical initiative
(2017-12-04)Session I presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: The Society for the Advancement of Disaster Nursing” (SADN) was formed in 2016 to advance solutions to the complex issues surrounding disaster nursing ... -
Adverse event analysis: Operating room distractions and interruptions
Distractions and interruptions are an impediment in safe workflow and surgical team performance. Along with human distractions, electronic devices can contribute to failures in communication as well as processes established ... -
Advocate perception of forensic nursing care
Problem: The original problem being addressed by this project was does trauma informed education for forensic nurse examiners improve victim advocates perception of care delivered to patients within 6 weeks? However, after ... -
Anesthetic management of an adult brain-dead organ donor: A quality improvement project
Objective: Anesthesia plays a critical role in the management of an adult brain-dead donor. It is imperative that the anesthesia provider understand the pathophysiology of brain death and its subsequent effects on the body, ... -
Arterial line nursing care and arterial blood gas drawing
Critically ill patients require arterial lines to monitor blood pressure trends, titrate drug therapies, and obtain blood samples for arterial blood gases and laboratory studies. Overall, the nurses in the critical care ... -
Behavioral interventions to decrease disparity among African American women with hypertension
The purpose of the project is to use a community-based approach to deliver evidence-based behavioral intervention strategies framed by the Theory of Planned Behavior to help increase awareness of hypertension among African ... -
Best clinical practice of disinfection in intravenous device therapy contaminated with Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacteria. The treatment of infections from this bacteria in children is more challenging due to limited appropriate antibiotic use in this specific group (Akturk et al., 2016). ... -
Blood glucose sample collection in the post-operative coronary artery bypass patient
This paper looks into the methods used to collect blood glucose samples in the post-operative coronary artery bypass patient. Current practice is waking a patient hourly to obtain blood via a finger prick. This project ... -
Body image distress and post mastectomy women
Introduction. Body image and breast cancer are closely associated in women who undergo unilateral or bilateral mastectomies. The literature has shown that even if women undergo reconstruction, they still experience adverse ...