The Clinical Nurse Leader: Improving Early Sepsis Identification on Inpatient Units

<p>CNL students were invited to a large metropolitan hospital in an effort to create a quality improvement project related to sepsis in order to decrease cost, the length of stay, and improve patient outcomes. CNL students shadowed nurses in order to better un derstand the nursing culture and assess the microsystem. Chart audits were reviewed to determine whether nurses at the assigned units were completing sepsis screenings on time and used the appropriate vital signs and labs. Nurses’ questionnaires were provi ded to assess sepsis knowledge and their understanding of sepsis. Results showed a lack in compliance in completing sepsis screenings on time through observation, but it was discovered in the chart audits that nurses were changing the time of completion. A sepsis badge was created and a sepsis proce ss map was improved to better assist nurses with the identification of sepsis. A CNL and “Sepsis Champion” is recommended in order to implement sepsis screenings and improve patient outcomes.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Lopez, Denise G

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alessandra Morales
• Debbie Martinez
• Michael Bueno

• sepsis
• early identification
• CNL
• Nursing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/702

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1737