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Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of Perioperative Temperature Monitoring and Management and the Impact of an Educational Intervention: A Quality Improvement Project
(2022-11-27)
Inadvertent hypothermia is a preventable, yet prevalent, adverse event among surgical patients during the perioperative period that is associated with negative patient outcomes and increased healthcare costs. This quality ...
DNP Project: Perioperative Temperature Monitoring
(2022-11-26)
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature less than 36 oC and has many documented adverse outcomes such as postoperative infections, increased perioperative blood loss, increased extubation ...
Perioperative Temperature Monitoring and Management to Maximize Patient Safety: A Quality Improvement Project
(2022-11-23)
Appropriate temperature monitoring and management is an important part in optimizing patient success in the operative theatre. Perioperative hypothermia remains a threat to patient morbidity and mortality and consistent ...
Perceptions of Qualitative Versus Quantitative Monitoring for the Assessment of Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Blockade Among CRNAs: A Quality Improvement Project
(2022-11-23)
There are two categories of monitoring neuromuscular blockade: qualitative and quantitative. There is no defined method supported by the AANA, creating the potential for misdiagnosis and misinterpretation of residual ...
Intraoperative Eye Care: A DNP Project
(2022-12-02)
Corneal abrasions, while rare, are the most common optic injury that occurs in anesthesia practice, and they account for approximately 2-3% of all anesthesia malpractice suits. Corneal abrasions also cause intense discomfort ...
Anesthesia Providers’ Perceptions of Perioperative Temperature Monitoring: A DNP Project
(2022-11-25)
Perioperative temperature monitoring is a standard of care and is important to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) and the associated increased risks. IPH is defined as a temperature of less than 36° Celsius ...
AN ALL HAZARDS, ALL AGENCIES, ALL PEOPLE APPROACH TO ASSESS LOCAL- LEVEL HOUSEHOLD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE
(East Carolina University, 2022-11-30)
Problem: Given the increasing frequency, intensity, and severity of disasters, and a gap in disaster research examining the interdependent systemic relationships between individuals and communities, we urgently need to ...
The Lived Experience of Nursing Staff in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Identification of Urinary Tract Infection in Residents
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-01)
Annually, 50-70% of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents receive at least one antibiotic, with up to 75% of those prescribed inappropriately. One-third of the antibiotic prescriptions are ordered to treat urinary tract ...