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Reducing acute care hospital setting inpatient falls with implementation of hourly rounding: A quality improvement project
Falls in the acute care setting can lead to serious patient injuries. Despite continued efforts to reduce falls, falls are still a common occurrence. One strategy that has been identified as promoting patient safety, ...
Reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries through the implementation of the Leaf Patient Monitoring System
A top priority for all hospitals is patient safety. A major component of patient safety classified under this category is prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs), which are considered “never-events” by ...
Take five to ask five
The purpose of this project is to show how it is important for patients at Blessing Hospital (BH) to fully understand their prescribed medications to ensure medication compliance and patient safety.
Medication education at your fingertips
The purpose of this project is to provide continuous medication education by having it available on a badge backer .
The meaning of the experience of nurses that don’t respect protocols
To improve patient safety, many health care organisations have implemented standards/protocols for different care processes (Mula et al., 2019). Sometimes all of this is viewed by nurses as barriers and they use workarounds ...
The effect of an acuity tool on job satisfaction for medical-surgical nurses on a medical-observation unit
Background and Review of Literature: Job satisfaction and nursing stress are important aspects for an organization to investigate to reduce the amount of turnover and improve patient outcomes. Acuity tools can be used to ...
The implementation of a designated alert team to improve patient safety and nursing staff perceptions of patient safety
Poster presentationSession E presented Tuesday, October 1, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: This performance improvement project was designed to improve patient safety and nursing staff perception of patient safety by implementing ...
Implementation of an Intra-Hospital Transport Safety Checklist in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Intra-hospital transports (IHT) are high risk events with potential for adverse patient outcomes. The care of a patient in our emergency department (ED) needing IHT to the intensive care unit (ICU) identified opportunities ...
Epinephrine In Anaphylaxis: Assessing Knowledge Gaps in Administration and Strategies to Mitigate Error
Given the low volume, high-risk situation which necessitates Epinephrine treatment in anaphylaxis, gaps in knowledge and practice were observed, resulting in error. A hypothesis was developed that nurses educated prior to ...
Executive Leadership Rounding on Staff and Its Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Patient Outcomes
(2017-04-17)
It has been recognized in healthcare organizations across the country that there is a significant relation between organizational quality, improved patient outcomes, and the financial success of an organization. Through ...