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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Post Anesthesia Care Unit"”.
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Respiratory Management Education for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse
Background: Post anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurses provide patient care during the vulnerable postoperative period when patients are at greatest risk of experiencing respiratory management issues and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). In rural facilities such as Canyon Vista Medical …
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Improving patient outcomes through use of the teach-back method in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
… this Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) project was the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) at a level I trauma center in the Bay Area. The goal was to improve the discharge education performed by the PACU nurses to improve patient safety and decrease the chance of complications or readmissions to this …
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (n-Pass) Tool in Infants and Children Age One to Thirty-Six Months in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
… children aged one to thirty-six months in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This study design was a prospective, non-experimental psychometric evaluation of the N-PASS tool.</p><p>The research was conducted at a Midwestern Medical Center. The sample analyzed comprised forty subjects aged …
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Understanding the Barriers to Perioperative Specialty Certification
<p>The microsystem analysis of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael reveals specialty certification for registered nurses is at 0%. This is a critical metric for the hospital as it embarks on its three year preparation phase for application of Magnet Recognition® status, …
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Use of location data for the surveillance, analysis, and optimization of clinical processes
Location tracking systems in healthcare produce a wealth of data applicable across many aspects of care and management. However, since dedicated location tracking systems, such as the oft mentioned RFID tracking system, are still sparsely deployed, a number of other data sources may be utilized to …
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Development and implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for women undergoing a mastectomy
… with a specific focus on the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and opioid administration in the postoperative setting. The clinical question was in adult women, age 18 years or greater, undergoing a mastectomy procedure, does the implementation of an ERAS guideline lower …
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Standardized post-anesthesia handoff to improve interdepartmental communication
… patient's safety is the priority of every healthcare provider throughout the patient's admission. Throughout any given day, multiple nurses, physicians, and technicians will care for a patient, and this requires the necessary transfers of care that include the exchange of pertinent patient …
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A study of organizational alignment at a Boston area hospital and its effects on patient throughput in the peri-operative areas
… Looking at the hospital as a supply chain of care services provided to the patient enables us to better evaluate problems such as delays on a systems level. A Boston Area Hospital has been experiencing delays in the operating rooms when moving patients into the post-anesthesia care unit …
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Development of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade
… If the patient is extubated and sent to the post-anesthesia care unit without adequate recovery, there is a higher incidence of respiratory complications. Newer technology has made objective neuromuscular junction monitoring more available and affordable than in the past. The purpose of this …
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Employee Engagement in the PACU
… help advance employee engagement within nursing units. There is a great need for a compelling vision for the operation of a safe, efficient, equitable, effective, and patient centered healthcare delivery system. It is crucial to identify what actions are needed to achieve this vision and what …
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Optimal allocation of surgical services
… has witnessed the consolidation of multiple community hospitals into larger care organizations and a renewed focus on the delivery of affordable care. In order for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMc) to respond and adapt to this changing landscape it will be critical to not only …
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Improving surgical patient flow through simulation of scheduling heuristics
… throughout the perioperative (pre-, intra-, and postoperative) process and desires to improve throughput and decrease patient waiting time without adding expensive additional resources. This project focuses on matching the intraday scheduling of elective surgeries with the discharge rate and …
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Implementing an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for adult surgical patients undergoing a gynecological oncology procedure
… for the pre-operative, intra-operative and postoperative phases of surgical care. ERAS protocols have been developed and applied to various surgical populations showing favorable outcomes including shorter length of hospital stay (LOS), a reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting …
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Effects of Co-Existing Factors on PACU Stay Time
… that result in delayed emergence from anesthesia, delayed post-operative recovery, increased apneic episodes, hypoxemia, and death. Examining duration of recovery periods between the two OSA groups will help determine if patients with additional cofactors benefit from longer …