Currently, the department emphasis is on monitoring of several evidence-based practice initiatives each year to assure congruence of the practice with evidence-based policies and procedures, and reinfusion of evidence-based practices as necessary. Examples of these department-wide initiatives include:
- Management of pain in the acute care and outpatient settings is being led by Anne Smith, RN, MSN (anne-smith@uiowa.edu).
- Assessment and interventions to decrease patient's risk for falling while hospitalized is being led by Leah Shever, PhD, RN (leah-shever@uiowa.edu).
- Facilitating visitation of family pets in the acute care setting is being led by Deb Picone, PhD, RN (debra-picone@uiowa.edu).
- Nurse retention is being led by Deb Picone, PhD, RN(debra-picone@uiowa.edu).
- Oral mucositis—assessment and prevention
Additional EBP initiatives are managed at the unit and/or divisional level. Examples of these projects include but are not limited to:
- Crisis care planning for acute psychiatric events
- Preventing central line infections
- BP measurement for patients with large arms
- Effectiveness of individual therapy and group therapy in diagnosis of depression
- Suicide risk assessment
- Prevention of aspiration pneumonia from enteral feeding
- NG placement verification in pediatric and adult patients
- Perioperative brushless surgical hand asepsis
- Double-gloving for OR procedures
- Parent participation in medical rounds in PICU
- Family transition from the PICU to the pediatric floor
- Comfort measures for children during venipuncture
- Minimal stimulation of neonates with persistent fetal circulation
- Abdominal assessment (eliminating bowel sound monitoring) after abdominal surgery
- Restraint and seclusion reduction
- DVT prevention in the orthopedic and MICU patient populations
- Use of pre-connected urinary catheters to decrease UTI's
- Preventing readmission for CHF patients
- Ergonomics to prevent patient and staff injuries
- Reducing VAP
- Reducing MRSA
For more information, please contact Laura Cullen, MA, RN (laura-cullen@uiowa.edu).
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