Ireland, Emily, BSN, RN

Kim, Lisa, BSN, RN

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Lehigh Valley Health NetworkLVHN Scholarly WorksPatient Care Services / NursingA Multi-disciplinary Approach to PatientEducation of New MedicationsEmily Ireland BSN, RNLehigh Valley Health Network, emily.ireland@lvhn.orgLisa Kim BSN, RNLehigh Valley Health Network, lisa_n.kim@lvhn.orgFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarlyworks.lvhn.org/patient-care-services-nursingPart of the Nursing CommonsThis Poster is brought to you for free and open access by LVHN Scholarly Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in LVHN Scholarly Works by anauthorized administrator. For more information, please contact LibraryServices@lvhn.org.Published In/Presented AtIreland, E., & Kim,L. (2015, November 6). A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Patient Education of New Medications. Poster presented atLVHN UHC/AACN Nurse Residency Program Graduation, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA.© 2014 Lehigh Valley Health Network Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Patient Education of New Medications How well patients understand the purpose of their new medication Not at allMinimalUnderstandingMostlyUnderstandCompletelyUnderstand12.5% How well patients understand the side effects of their new medication Not at allMinimalUnderstandingMostlyUnderstandCompletelyUnderstand62.5% 37.5% How well patients understand the purpose of their new medication Not at allMinimalUnderstandingMostlyUnderstandCompletelyUnderstand58.3% Does a multi-disciplinary approach to education of new medications improve a patient’s understanding of their new medications at discharge to home?  P:  Hospitalized patients being discharged to home  I:  Multi-disciplinary education of new medications  C:  Patients who do not have multi-disciplinary education of new medications   O:  Improved documentation of education of new medications by multiple disciplines and increased patient awareness of new medications upon discharge  How well patients understand the side effects of their new medication Not at allMinimalUnderstandingMostlyUnderstandCompletelyUnderstandEmily Ireland, BSN, RN and Lisa Kim, BSN, RN Background/Significance Purpose Project Summary Pre-education Data Post-education Data REFERENCES ▪ Calabrese, A., Cholka, K., Lenhart, S., McCarty, B., Zewe, G., Sunseri, D., & ... Kapoor, W. (2003). Pharmacist involvement in a multidisciplinary inpatient medication education program. American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy, 60(10), 1012-1018.   ▪ Maniaci, M., Heckman, M., & Dawson, N. (2008). Functional health literacy and understanding of medications at discharge. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 83(5), 554-558.   ▪ Tarn, D., Paterniti, D., Orosz, D., Tseng, C., & Wenger, N. (2013). Intervention to enhance communication about newly prescribed medications. Annals Of Family Medicine, 11(1), 28-36. doi:10.1370/afm.1417  ▪ Chisholm-Burns, M., Kim Lee, J., Spivey, C., Slack, M., Herrier, R., Hall-Lipsy, E., & ... Wunz, T. (2010). US pharmacists' effect as team members on patient care: systematic review and meta-analyses. Medical Care, 48(10), 923-933. doi:10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e57962  ▪ Reilly, T., Barile, D., & Reuben, S. (2012). Role of the pharmacist on a general medicine acute care for the elderly unit. American Journal Of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 10(2), 95-100. doi:10.1016/j.amjopharm.2012.02.002  41.7% 8.3% 50% 33.3% 87.5% We created a survey to be given to patients being discharged home to evaluate their satisfaction with the education they have received about any new medications they have been prescribed during their hospital stay. Our administrative personnel agreed to assist in the dispensing and collecting of the surveys.  On September 28th-October 4th, “pre-education” surveys were given to patients to fill out on the day of their discharge. From October 5th to October 11th, emails were sent to pharmacists, physicians, and nurses that work on 5K, informing them of our project and educating them on the benefit and importance of a multidisciplinary approach to medication education. Staff was also reminded of importance of medication education during morning and evening safety huddles. Each discipline was asked to participate in the education of our patients and informed of important teaching points to focus on, such as side effects and purpose of their new medication. In addition, signs were posted throughout the unit to remind multidisciplinary teams to educate patients about their new medications. “Post-education” surveys were given to patients from October 12th-October 16th. Data were collected and evaluated on October 19th.  Pre-education surveys showed that 75% of patients had more than one discipline educating them, while 100% of patients in post-education surveys reported having more than one discipline educate them. Overall, our data suggests that multidisciplinary education is more beneficial to patients’ understanding of newly prescribed medications.  Barriers to project include: • Compliance of staff participation in project • Patient’s readiness to receive education • Time  • Patient’s ability to remember who provided education  Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) standardized survey shows scores on patient’s satisfaction and perspective during their hospital visit. According to 5K’s HCAHPS score, patients felt that they lacked education on the purpose and side effects of their medications.               We conducted an evidence based literary search to find ways to improve the medication education on 5K. This search indicated that inadequate education can lead to poor health literacy in our patients, which causes increased risk of hospital admission or readmission. The research has shown that team-based direct patient care has been identified as an important approach to meet patient needs and improve health care quality. Having the benefit of an on unit pharmacist, we decided to focus on the importance of multidisciplinary involvement, including the physician, pharmacist, and nurses, in the medication education of the patient’s on 5K.  

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