iALWAYS Perform Bedside Report

The aim was to create a standard tool for handoff that aids nurses and providers to consistently communicate patient information in the inpatient acute care setting. Key Driver: Staff reported confusion surrounding several different acronyms or tools used to discuss patient information across the care team.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1192/thumbnail.jp

Cardiac-Surgical Advanced Life Support (CALS-S)

Improve resuscitation outcomes of cardiovascular surgery patients through the adoption of the Cardiac Advanced Life Support-Surgical (CALS-S) algorithm for cardiac arrest.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1185/thumbnail.jp

Consistent Inventory of Sterilized Instruments Ensures a Safe and Uncompromised Supply of Instruments for Procedural Use

CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital received a regulatory citation related to sterile instrument integrity and storage. Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) created a systematic approach to assess instrument inventory and integrity to ensure an uncompromised supply of instruments for procedural use.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1190/thumbnail.jp

Don\u27t Judge a Book by its Cover: Generational Diversity at CentraCare

The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) identifies key elements of a health work environment. Key elements to build belonging within a health work environment (HWE) include: Recognizing the value each person brings to the team Open, respectful, and effective communication Helping teams identify missing F s by valuing multiple perspectives Avoiding communication breakdowns Building departmental cultures where it is safe for employees to speak up with safety concerns Advancing collaboration and mutual respect, even during conflict. Strengthening employee fulfillment, retention and morale At CentraCare, many different generations work together to care for patients and one another. Understanding generational strengths and differences is essential to promoting belonging, building HWE\u27s, and advancing patient safety.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1189/thumbnail.jp

Developing Education to Improve Confidence and Competence in Handling Physical and Mental Health Emergencies for Ambulatory Care Nurses

With over 60 clinics employing over 600 nursing staff, the educational needs for the CentraCare clinic system are vast and diverse. We conducted a learning needs assessment, identifying confidence and competence gaps in the subjects of physical health and mental health emergencies as a theme across the clinic system.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1188/thumbnail.jp

A Tapestry for Sustaining Perioperative Participation

Perioperative nursing shortages are becoming critical. Many baby boomers are retiring. As a result, this team was tasked to create some basic principles that will help sustain the value of perioperative nursing by utilizing a multigenerational approach. Perioperative Resources Nurses are pivotal in enhancing the quality and efficiency of care within surgical settings. These nurses operationalize evidence-based standards for healthy work environments and promote creativity in implementing these standards. They can be full-time, part-time, virtual, or volunteer.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1187/thumbnail.jp

Creating Standard Work to Improve Length of Stay

Plan: Improve the geometric mean length of stay (GMLOW) from 1.071 to 1.024 by creating and implementing patient flow and throughput standard work. Do: Implement standard work for interdisciplinary team members. Create a culture of accountability with consistent use of the expected discharge date (EDD) and patient milestones in Epic, during hand offs, and use of My Care Boards. Ensure provider to nurse communication occurs daily using ALWAYS, a standardized tool Create and ensure beside nurse-to-nurse hand off occurs using a standardized method known as iALWAYS. Create and implement patient education tools. Enhance discharge readiness tools to improve real-time communication and gain efficiencies.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1191/thumbnail.jp

High-Risk TCM Program & Decreasing Hospital Readmissions

Prevent hospital readmissions in high-risk TCM patients utilizing the Community Paramedic program as a resource to visit patients in the home.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1186/thumbnail.jp

What\u27s the Plan? Give me the Patient\u27s Story

Plan: The aim for this project was to improve staff satisfaction with care planning and bring the patient\u27s plan of care to the forefront for all staff. Key Drivers: Care Plan notes were difficult for care team to understand how the patient was progressing towards their goals. Care Plan lacked the ability to tell the patient\u27s story and represent the interdisciplinary plan of care.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1183/thumbnail.jp

Implementation of a Two-Person Urinary Catheter Insertion Practice Change

Decrease incidence of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) for inpatients by implementing a two-person urinary catheter insertion practice change using a checklist.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1172/thumbnail.jp