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Trauma nurse fellowship: Developing the novice trauma nurse
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Residency and fellowship programs have successfully been implemented in combination with workshops to develop nurses and increase nursing knowledge over the past several years. These programs can improve both ...
Elimination of blood culture contamination in the emergency department
Purpose: Blood cultures are frequently obtained in the care of patients with potentially serious infections to detect bacteremia. Blood culture contaminations are a common problem, particularly false-positive blood cultures. ...
STAND Method: Changing nursing culture from the bedside up
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: According to the literature, it is highly recognized that when people are in an environment that fosters growth, encourages diversity and encourages learning, employees become more engaged and have a higher level ...
Sustainability of change: Evaluating febrile neutropenia process in pediatric setting
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Febrile neutropenia is considered an oncologic emergency. It has been shown that decreasing the door-to-antibiotic time for this population positively effects patient outcomes. A pathway was created to improve ...
Lifelong learning through mobile reflection at the stretcherside
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to impact the lifelong learning process of ED nurses to effective leadership development at the stretcherside. Millennials need leadership opportunities before the routine 18 moths ...
Optimizing the management of emergency department patients with atrial fibrillation
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia in adults, with an annual cost of care estimated at $6.65 billion (3/4 of cost due to hospitalization), and greater than 70% of patients admitted with AF ...
Retention benefits of a clinical nurse residency program in ED
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: Emergency Departments RNs experience an annual turnover rate of approximately 22% which is higher than national average. New Graduate Residency programs have been shown to increase nurse retention. The objective ...
Hospital-wide communication to improve quality outcomes of stroke patients
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Time is vital in the initial care of stroke patients. Swift recognition of symptoms, immediate access to diagnostic tests, and appropriate treatment play a vital role in a patient’s functional outcomes ...
Improving pain medication delivery for fractures in the emergency department
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to decrease the average time for delivery of initial pain management for patients presenting with long bone fractures.
Design: This is a leadership development project to improve ...
Reducing restraint use with de-escalation training in the emergency department
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: In addition to the annual number of emergency room visits progressively rising over the last couple decades, there has also been an annual increase in patients presenting to emergency rooms for acute care of ...