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Elevate Learning: Unlocking the Full Power of Visual Design
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Library News January 2025
Get PDFResources for Nurses New Publication Discount from PLOS Useful Functions in New Outlook Looking Back: The Most Popular Library News Articles Last Year Prioritize Your Wellnesshttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/rmlnews25/1000/thumbnail.jp
Evaluating Burnout Among Radiation Therapists: A Quantitative Assessment
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Evaluating Minority Clinical Trial Participation in Radiation Oncology: Impact of COVID-19 Across an Academic Satellite Network
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Implementation of a Patient Assignment Process to Improve Nurse Efficiency and Ease of Use in the Ambulatory Treatment Center (ATC)
No full textBackground: Wait times for patients, especially those undergoing oncology treatment, can increase their stress and anxiety and has been associated with decreased satisfaction scores (Godley & Jenkins, 2019). Based on a nursing needs assessment, the ambulatory treatment center (ATC) nurses at the League City Houston Area Location (HAL) frequently had difficulty finding their patient assignment on the center’s electronic health record (EHR) patient list. This caused staff dissatisfaction and delays with starting patient treatment which resulted in low patient experience scores for \u27extent appointments began on time’.
Objectives of Project: The aim of this project was to increase patient top box scores for “extent appointments began on time” and increase staff satisfaction in ease of finding assigned patients in the Ambulatory Treatment Center at the League City Houston Area Location.
Process of Implementation: A nursing needs assessment was completed on the League City HAL ATC nurses via a Qualtrics survey that asked: ease of finding assigned patients on the patient list delays in patient care due to assignment process assignment errors due to assignment process transparency of charge nurse scheduling practices fairness of assignment load frequency of 2+ C1D1 assignment in a day or C1D1+ transfusions in a day
To address concerns from the needs assessment, an action plan was created to adopt the ATC TMC process whereby nurses are “assigned” a patient, placing them directly on an individualized nurse’s list in the EHR (Glogovac et al., 2020; Manohar & McLeod, 2020). The action plan also included sharing this process with other HALs for their adoption to create standardization across the institution.
Evaluation of Successful Practice:
In November of 2023, the League City HAL ATC top box score for ‘extent appointments began on time’ was 48.4. Intervention Start Date: December 2023, Intervention End Date: January 2024. Post-Data: Date 1: February 2024-Value: 64.1; Date 2: March 2024-Value: 64; Date 3: April 2024-Value: 63.6. Results of Staff satisfaction data: “Ease of finding assigned patients on the patient list” increased 26% post intervention. Perception of “delays in patient care due to assignment process” decreased by 23%. Perception of “transparency of charge nurse scheduling practices” increased by 30%.
Relevance in Clinical Practice:
Multiple studies have demonstrated a strong correlation between prolonged wait times and patient dissatisfaction (Glogovac et al., 2020; Manohar & McLeod, 2020). By conducting a needs assessment and determining where nurses were being impacted by inefficiencies in their patient assignment process, an action plan was developed that enabled them to see patients sooner and provide a timelier start to their treatment. Avoiding delays led to a superior patient experience as was reflected in the improvement of top box scores for “extent appointments began on time” and staff satisfaction post implementation.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/acif26/1000/thumbnail.jp
Library News July 2025
Get PDFWhat\u27s New with Journal Impact Factors? Five Tips for Productive Writing from Faculty Members LibKey Nomad Now Integrated with Cabell\u27s Predatory Reports On Metastasis, Metastases, and Metastasizehttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/rmlnews25/1008/thumbnail.jp
Sunset Coast
No full textArtist: Leni Mathews
Materials: Wood, cardboard, leftover yarn, paint, gluehttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1002/thumbnail.jp
Mechanical Bloom, 2025, hand close-up
No full textArtist(s): Verenice Mares
Materials: AC filter for flowers, branch from trimmed tree in yard, hot glue, spare engine parts, valve lifters, bolts, rocker arms, spring, bearing and bearing race & spot weldinghttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1102/thumbnail.jp
Colors of Life, 2025, detail
No full textArtist(s): Miranda Ruiz
Materials: Plasitc, glass, wood
This piece is a glass pane decorated with pieces of recycled plastic (laundry detergent lids, plastic placemats, a clipboard, clear plastic folders, and a plastic pencil container) to imitate the effect of stained glass and mosaic. The center of the piece is a mosaic of the before mentioned recycled plastic that creates the MD Anderson logo. The glass pane is affixed into a wooden frame with glue and is able to be hung with a metal wire. The recycled materials were sourced from the Texas Art Asylum, an art supply store that sells recycled materials to use in creative ways.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1080/thumbnail.jp