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Evaluation of positive reflections in critical care nursing huddles to reduce nursing burnout
(2024)"Nursing burnout occurs when demands of a nurse exceed capabilities & resources, leading to emotional & physical exhaustion (Saravane et al., 2023). Critical care nursing burnout may lead to decreased empathy, morale, & ... -
Implementing standardized education in post-operative adult tracheostomy patients
(2024)Problem: Tracheostomy patients discharged to home or home health complication rates affected by inpatient family and patient education. Inquiry: In tracheostomy patients discharged to home or home health, how does standardized ... -
A pathway to clinical shared leadership integration and sustainment
(2024)Problem: Integrating an academic medical center and a community hospital can present cultural challenges as care and resources may differ between facilities. Inquiry: What is the best way to solicit information from CSL ... -
Improving the performance of door-to-needle times for the emergent treatment of acute Ischemic stroke
(2024)"Problem Statement: In the first two quarters of 2022, the rate of excessive delays in administration of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in the emergency department at the University of Missouri Hospital ... -
Standardization to reduce IV medication errors
(2024)Problem: An assessment of hospital-wide system reported intravenous (IV) infusion line errors highlighted a lack of process standardization. Multiple nursing processes and policies require standardization to optimize patient ... -
Nursing bedside shift report
(2024)PICOT: For nurse-to-nurse report on inpatient units, will a strategic implementation of nurse bedside report, compared to current report practices, support nurse satisfaction, improve patient experience, and increase safety ... -
Evaluation of health literacy on family engagement in the adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting
(2024)PICO: Population: adult patients in the intensive care setting. Intervention: health literacy platform. Comparison: current practice. Outcome: influence family engagement. PICO: In an adult intensive care setting, how does ... -
Building a culture of mobility utilizing the Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion (JH-AMP) Program
(2024)"Immobility during hospitalization is associated with negative outcomes such as increased length of stay and hospital- acquired harms. Hospitalized patients spend the majority of their stay in bed. Immobile patients are ... -
Navigating family readiness for discussions regarding new-onset neurological deficits
(2024)"This project focuses on a 30-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NSICU) at MU Health Care with patients of varying acuity and facilitation of care transitions including end of life (EOL), if applicable. A simple language, ... -
Reducing Falls at MU Health Care
(2024)"Patients falling in hospitals in the United States extends the inpatient stay by an average of 6.3 days (Ribeiro et al., 2018). One patient falling cost an average of $62,521 per fall with 36,776 of direct hospital cost, ... -
Completing Accelerated Requests In The Emergency Department (CARED For)
(2024)"Since the ACA was implemented, Emergency Departments (ED) nationwide have seen an influx of patients resulting in visit counts unlike they had seen previously (Lin et al, 2018). While EDs were seen as environments to ... -
Progressive Care Unit Equitable Assignments (PEAT) acuity tool
(2024)"Patient acuity in an acute care hospital is an essential aspect to make balanced, equitable assignments for nursing staff. Unbalanced workloads creates a risk for patient safety events and reduction in patient satisfaction ... -
Leadership at the bedside with dual role nursing positions
(2024)PICOT: Population: Staff Nurses. Intervention: Dual roles for bedside staff. Comparison: Strictly bedside position. Outcome: Nurse satisfaction. Timeframe (optional): N/A. How do dual or hybrid nurse roles versus strictly ... -
PCP follow-up vs no PCP follow post hospital discharge in COPD patients
(2024)PICOT: Population: COPD patients with recent hospital discharges Intervention: PCP follow-up within 7-14 days. Comparison: No PCP follow-up. Outcome: readmission rates. Timeframe (optional): within 30 days. In COPD patients ... -
Work in breast cancer survivors : a literature review
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women globally (American Cancer Society, 2011). It is estimated approximately 70,000 people are diagnosed with cancer between ages 15 to 39, estimated more than 250,000 ... -
Women's concerns of mammography for breast cancer screening : to promote greater patients engagement and control over breast screening process
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"Goal: Encouraging greater compliance with breast cancer prevention screening, reducing health disparities surrounding breast cancer detection through the development of a low-cost adjunct to current screening processes, ... -
We're kind of a big deal on internal medicine
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"A work group was formed and met several times, in conjunction with our unit's Spirit Committee. Staff developed a driver diagram based on three main areas of focus; Staffing & Scheduling, Work- Life Balance & Stress and ... -
Water bath maintenance schedule
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"This project was aimed at streamlining a process to remind staff to change the water in our thermoplastic mask water bath and to develop a way to document these occurrences so that the water stays clean."--Aim statement. -
WCH OR case set-up
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"Ensure staff can properly set up rooms for cases they are not familiar with."--Aim statement. -
WCH inpatient pharmacy medication preparation error reduction
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)"To determine the number and types of medication preparation errors caught by pharmacists in a calendar month in order to identify opportunities for quality improvement in the department."--Aim statement.