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FALL REDUCTION ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT
… falls by 25% at the end of September 2018 on the medical-surgical unit. Another objective is to retrain staff on fall prevention measures. The medical-surgical unit provides care to patients who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical issues. The project started with a staff survey where …
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Clostridium Difficile: An Investigation on a Medical Surgical Unit
… of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> cases on this medical-surgical unit, (2) review all <em>Clostridium difficile</em> cases for correlational factors that are of significant relevance, (3) examine current unit practices and adherence to established policies, and (4) provide recommendations for …
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Delirium Education for Nurses on a Medical-Surgical Unit
… to harmful outcomes. By June 2015, nurses on medical-surgical units will screen 100-percent of patients for delirium according to an established protocol. The project mesosystem is a 411-bed, level I trauma center and teaching hospital; the microsystem is a 28-bed medical-surgical telemetry …
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Reduction in Delayed Patient Care on the Medical-Surgical unit
… by reducing delayed patient care on 3 North medical-surgical department at CPMC. The data retrieved from nurses in the past 3 months has shown that 30% of the patients had delayed care due to daily bedside rounds. By utilizing late medication as an indicator, my goal is to observe a reduction …
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IMPROVING MOBILITY ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT: GET UP AND MOVE
… immobility or lack thereof. The medsurg unit is a 25-bed unit housed in a 60-bed facility on two floors, with a maximum capacity of 19 patients on the third floor and five patients on the fourth floor. Sixty percent of the patient population are elderly with multiple chronic diseases. A …
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Improving Unit Dynamics: Incorporating Lead Nurse Program on a Medical-Surgical Unit
… patient care and efficient work processes. The medical-surgical unit (MSU) at VA Mather has had high turnover rates and low staff satisfaction surveys for the past two years, which has led to a decline in staff morale. Lead nurses are in key positions to develop their unit staff, promote …
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Collaborating With the Unit Clerk to Decrease Avoidable Interruptions During Medication Administration on a Medical Surgical Unit
<p>Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medical errors also incur significant cost ramifications due to increased hospital length of stay and fines. Medication errors, a type of medical error, are one of the most common types of inpatient errors. Nurses are most …
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Increasing Participation of Diabetes Patients in Diabetes Self-Management by Identifying Barriers Hindering the Achievement of Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors in a Medical-Surgical Unit
… of diabetes self-management behaviors in a medical-surgical unit. A total of 20 diabetic patients completed both the pre – and pot-test questionnaires; 40% of participants were Asian Americans, 30% were African Americans, 20% were Hispanics, 10% were Caucasians.</p> <p>A pre- test …
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A Comparative Study of Traditional Nursing Schedules vs. Extended Nursing Schedules on Patient Satisfaction
… use was utilized for data collection. One medical-surgical unit in a Veterans Administration Hospital constituted the experimental group where patients were surveyed before and after the staffing change. Another medical-surgical unit served as the control group. Analysis of variance was …
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Improving the Quality of Bedside Shift Report Behavior: Implementing a Standardized Bedside Report Tool on the Medical-Surgical Floor at Woodland Healthcare
… 2016). A microsystem assessment conducted on the medical-surgical unit at Woodland Healthcare (WHC) utilizing the 5P’s (Purpose, Patients, Professionals, Processes, Patterns) revealed that only 6% of twelve hour night shift nurses were performing a quality BSR and 40% of twelve hour day shift …
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Improving sleep quality and patient satisfaction by reducing nighttime disturbances in hospitalized patients : a DNP project
… reduction of sleep disturbances for hospitalized medical-surgical patients to increase patient satisfaction scores. Purpose: This project aims to improve patient satisfaction scores by using a sleep protocol designating quiet hours at night to reduce sleep disturbances in medical-surgical …
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Fall Reduction with Nursing Interventions
… is to reduce the patient’s fall rate in the medical surgical unit at an acute care hospital through improving the fall precaution process. </strong>The unit consists of 37 bed with a population of stroke, medical, and surgical patients. The focus of the nursing staff education using handouts, …
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Hospital Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection Prevention
… acquired C diff infections at the acute care unit 1800 to zero for the next quarter. This will be accomplished by developing an action plan to address the issue by collecting data from audits and developing evidence based practice interventions. The process begins with patient’s admission to …
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Improving Management of Inpatient Blood Glucose
… level. This project took place on a 17 bed adult medical-surgical unit at a large academic hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Data collection demonstrated hypoglycemia rates of 1.85%, normoglycemia rates of 56.5%, and hyperglycemia rates of 41.6%, which lead to the implementation of a new …
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Improving Patient Safety: Reducing Medication Errors in the Microsystem
… The microsystem consists of a telemetry/medical-surgical unit as well as a small intensive care unit consisting of ten beds.</p> <p>The prospectus details a project implemented to reduce medication errors within the microsystem. The steps for implementation include replenishing/repairing …
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Discharge Prospectus
… intervention of the huddle took place on a medical-surgical unit at UC Davis Medical Center in the local Sacramento area serving various Medical Services. </p> <p>This was a prospective pre- and post-quality intervention by utilizing HCAPHS survey, electronic medical record, RN surveys, and …
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COPD C.A.R.E. Connect: A Systems Trajectory To Reducing COPD Readmissions In A Large National Healthcare Institution
… Readmission exposes the patient to risks of medical errors and hospital-acquired infection. An interprofessional care program for COPD patients called “COPD C.A.R.E. (Control Avoidable REadmissions) Connect” was established within the medical surgical unit at this large national healthcare …
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Chronic Pain Management in the Inpatient Care Setting
… with nursing pain interventions on an inpatient medical surgical unit with a high population of patients with chronic pain (as much as 30%). Nurses and patients were surveyed using a brief survey to determine the baseline comfort levels of comfort with chronic pain management. The results of the …
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Managing Postoperative Pain for Timely Discharge of Total Hip Replacement Patients
… and orthopedic surgery. The Bariatric-Orthopedic Medical Surgical Unit has 30-patient bed capacity. My project’s goal is to utilize pain management rounds to help decrease hospital length of stay. Also, the study is specific to post operative THR patient and hourly rounds that will compliment …
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Tracking Patient Belongings to Decrease Cost
… loss. After surveying 28 RNs and 9 CNAs on a medical-surgical unit, interviewing other staff, and analyzing incident reports, a root cause analysis was constructed. Results indicated that nurses were not familiar with Epic, an electronic health record. Even though nurses received 20 hours of …
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