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Creating a Centralized Immunization Resource Center
Get PDFTo support clinic nurses in their knowledge & comfortability around immunizations, an Immunization Resource Center was created on SharePoint. Having resources and educational materials located in a single location can help ensure consistency across the clinic system in our work with immunizations.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1176/thumbnail.jp
What\u27s the Plan? Give me the Patient\u27s Story
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The aim for this project was to improve staff satisfaction with care planning and bring the patient\u27s plan of care to the forefront for all staff.
Key Drivers: Care Plan notes were difficult for care team to understand how the patient was progressing towards their goals. Care Plan lacked the ability to tell the patient\u27s story and represent the interdisciplinary plan of care.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1183/thumbnail.jp
Top of Scope Work and Bringing Joy to the Workplace for Clinical RNs
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Support primary care transformation and team-based care goals through the utilization of RNs
Objectives: Encouraging all care team members to work to the top of their scope of practice, increasing joy, and pride in work while strengthening team relationships. Creating access for providers through co-management of chronic disease (Diabetes, Asthma and Hypertension). Improving patient outcomes related to chronic disease through close monotiling, relationships, and accountabilityhttps://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1184/thumbnail.jp
Strategic Use of Storytelling as an Advocacy Skill for Social Justice in Nursing Practice
Get PDFThe purpose of this practice project is to cultivate storytelling as a nursing skillset, preparing nurses as social justice advocates within nursing practice.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1178/thumbnail.jp
Healthy Eating & Shift Work
Get PDFTo provide knowledge and education to individuals who engage in shift work. Which may assist them in maintaining a healthier eating and lifestyle.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1173/thumbnail.jp
Standardized Orientation in a Multi-Site Clinic System
Get PDFThere are over 50 clinics serving more than 8 counties in CentraCare. Managers and supervisors at each clinic lead orientation of new nursing employees. The ambulatory educator recognized a need for standard orientation tools and resources as clinic managers and supervisors shared that they were each completing orientation of new nursing employees in a different way.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1179/thumbnail.jp
Code Blue Debriefing
Get PDFSituation and Assessment:
Opportunities to improve code blue events have been identified by comments received on code blue critiques and results from a survey completed by 120 code blue team members.
Background:
As referenced by the American Heart Association along with Get with the Guidelines, post code debriefing is a key element to promote continuous quality improvement in patient care. Post-event debriefings are a foundational behavior of high performing teams in improving individual and team performance.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1181/thumbnail.jp
Implementation of a Two-Person Urinary Catheter Insertion Practice Change
Get PDFDecrease incidence of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) for inpatients by implementing a two-person urinary catheter insertion practice change using a checklist.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1172/thumbnail.jp
Gamification: Integrating into the Perioperative Environment
Get PDFWhat is Gamification? Using game attributes in a non-game context. Including game elements such as points, prizes, leaderboards, etc. Goal is education rather than entertainment.
Why Gamification? Increase staff engagement. Optimizes the learners\u27 outcomes. Research has shown no negative outcomes. Improved learning behaviors and attitudes towards learning.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1182/thumbnail.jp
Research Makes a Difference: Changing Post Surgical Vital Signs
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Are reduced frequency of vital signs as effective in identifying patient deterioration in postoperative adult orthopedic and spine patients after a post anesthesia care unit stay with transfer to orthopedic and neuroscience spine units when compared to current practice?
Conclusions/Implications: Changing the frequency of post operative vital signs provides the same quality, not directly affecting an increased risk of death. Reduction in number of times vital signs needed completion, saving time for nurses to complete other duties. System wide change to routine post operative vital signs for floor level patients was implemented. Recommend future research for obstetric and pediatric patient populationhttps://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1167/thumbnail.jp