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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 ... -
Initial specimen diversion technique to reduce blood culture contamination
(2023)"Problem: Burdens on healthcare systems including unnecessary antibiotic administration, longer length of stay, and greater cost. Typically caused by improper technique when drawing, but can also be from skin bacteria. In ... -
Perceptions, barriers, and methods for the early detection and intervention of clinical deterioration in hospitalized adults
(2023)"Significant clinical changes in neurological and respiratory function of patients are associated with increased mortality. Minor changes of these functions have been noted within 24 hours of an inpatient death associated ... -
Addressing alarm fatigue in the intensive care settings : quality improvement framework to reduce secondary alarm notification volume
(2023)" For nurses working in intensive care units(ICUs),does standardizing middleware algorithms and SAN device notification pathways reduce notification volume and perceptions of alarm fatigue in 5months?"--Research Question. -
Nurse resident job satisfaction with a formal mentorship program
(2023)"This quality improvement (QI) project aims to evaluate the impact of a new mentoring program on the job satisfaction of nurse residents as part of their participation in the nurse residency program between January 2023 ... -
Retaining nurses with crew resources management
(2023)"The purpose of this evidenced based practice project is to evaluate the implementation of Crew Resource Management (CRM) training and culture, on staff satisfaction and retention over a two year period."--Purpose. -
Daily SBAR sheet for pediatric patients with central lines
(2023)"Evaluate the use of SBAR sheets on compliance of daily bath completion and documentation for patients with central lines."--Purpose