Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
An In Situ Mock Code Program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Multimodal Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Initiative.
Lifesaving resuscitation is required for approximately 1 in 100 patients in the pediatric intensive care unit. Certification renewal alone is insufficient to guarantee adequate knowledge, skills, and confidence among staff members involved in infrequent resuscitation events. ⋯ An in situ mock code program using a multimodal approach to education can be a successful educational adjunct to biennial pediatric advanced life support certification.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
Using a Standardized Rounding Tool to Improve the Incidence of Spontaneous Awakening and Breathing Trials.
Spontaneous awakening and breathing trials have been associated with shorter durations of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit lengths of stay. ⋯ An evidence-based approach to weaning from mechanical ventilation and standardized rounding may be a cost-effective way to reduce mechanical ventilation duration and length of stay in a medical intensive care unit.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
Increasing Nursing Documentation Efficiency With Wearable Sensors for Pressure Injury Prevention.
Documentation presents an overwhelming burden to bedside clinical nurses. Nurses must manually enter several hundred data points into electronic health record flow sheets, taking time from direct patient care and introducing opportunity for documentation errors. ⋯ Repositioning was documented more than 2.5 times as frequently with sensor technology as with manual data entry. Body position and reasons for delayed repositioning events were documented more completely with sensor technology. Automated documentation may improve the accuracy of electronic health records and reduce the documentation burden for nurses.