Browsing General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster) by Title
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Qualified observers: Ensure consistent electronic competency process
Development of the qualified observer role and electronic competency documentation has led to a streamlined process and consistent approach to competency management. -
Quality improvement through improved documentation
(2017-12-05)Purpose: To optimize practice standards in accordance to regulatory requirements the organizational policy for Emergency Department (ED) documentation was created. The Quality Improvement (QI) project focused on application ... -
Quality in Qualitative Research
(2017-12-07)This presentation outlines how rigor can be ascertained in the conduct of a qualitative research. It first gives an overview of the nature of qualitative inquiry then tackles the varying meaning and methods of appreciating ... -
Quality of life of the elderly in primary health care in the central region of Portugal
The World Health Organization (WHO)1 defines quality of life as the individual's perception of their position in life, in the context of their culture and the value systems of the society in which they live and in relation ... -
Raising the bar: Advancing nursing skills through collaborative education
Session G presented Friday, September 28, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: The goal of this project is to foster an environment of clinical excellence by creating an Education Committee dedicated to the teaching of high-skill, ... -
Randomized controlled study in the use of aromatherapy for pain reduction and to reduce opioid use in the emergency department
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a combination of lavender, sweet marjoram, and pink grapefruit oils on a patient’s perception of pain, and the ability to reduce the use of opioids in an ... -
Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Facilitation in a Nurse Residency Program
(2017-12-01)Nurse residency programs may have inherent gaps in what their learners take away from their simulations that can be addressed with an alteration in simulation facilitation technique. A fundamental lack of knowledge and ... -
Rapid intraosseous vascular access while wearing personal protective equipment
(2011-10-17)Purpose: The ability to obtain rapid vascular access for fluid or medication administration is standard of care when working in emergency conditions. Hazardous material incidents require more sophisticated levels of personal ... -
Reattendance of pediatric fever cases in a local accident and emergency department: A retrospective cohort study
Fever in children is one of the most common reasons for pediatric reattendance in Accident and Emergency department (AED). These children who reattend to AED contribute to overcrowding, which may reflect the generalized ... -
Recognition and reporting of medication errors
Session C presented Thursday, September 27, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: Many nurses struggle with the recognition and reporting of unsafe practices, most notably medication administration (Weant et al., 2014). Reasons identified ... -
Recognition to treatment: The roles of emergency medical service providers and mobile intensive care nurses in suspecting sepsis
Local evidence suggested that Emergency Medical Service Providers (EMSPs) and Mobile Intensive Care Nurses (MICNs) are challenged with recognizing sepsis. Early recognition of sepsis in the pre-hospital setting and ... -
Reducing length of stay for mental health patients
Poster presentationSession E presented Tuesday, October 1, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Our facility sees an average of over 200 mental health patients every month, with limited community resources. The length of stay (LOS) for ... -
Reducing low acuity length of stay a care paradigm transition
(2017-12-05)Poster presentation, Session E presented Friday, September 15, 2017 Purpose: Emergency Department overcrowding is an epidemic in the United States. Use of services is often utilized by patients that do not require the ... -
Reducing pokes in pediatrics through nurse-driven interventions
Poster presentationSession I presented Wednesday, October 2, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Nurses start 700-900 peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVs) every month in the ED. The challenges of dehydration, critical illness and/or ... -
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 ... -
Reducing time To antibiotics in children with possible febrile neutropenia
Purpose: Fever Neutropenia is a potentially life-threatening complication of immunocompromising chemotherapy in children with cancer. Prompt initiation of antibiotic therapy may minimize morbidity and mortality associated ... -
Reducing turnover rates and improving retention in the emergency department
Poster presentationSession B presented Monday, September 30, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: In June 2018 the Emergency Department had 22 nursing vacancies and the previous year's turnover rate was over 21% (260 total staff). ... -
Reducing variability of triage levels using real-life case studies
Poster presentationSession B presented Monday, September 30, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Emergency departments use Emergency Severity Index (ESI) in triage to prioritize at-risk patients and predict resource utilization. We ... -
Reduction of catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates organization-wide begins in the ED
Poster presentationSession B presented Monday, September 30,11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Background: In quarter four of 2017, 40% of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) were attributed to the insertion of the ... -
Reduction of door-to-needle times in acute ischemic strokes
Purpose: Our Emergency Department aims to exceed the goals of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association national quality improvement initiative to improve acute ischemic stroke care. Our Emergency ...