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Qi Project Poster Improving Nurse Responsivness
Qi Project Poster Improving Nurse Responsivness
Allison Brown, Bethany Zimmerman, Kayla Myers, Madelyn McLain, & Morgan Tolbert
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
Description of the Issue Analysis of the Issue Solution
the staff on effective hourly rounding. in meeting patient expectations and is ● Educating all secretaries on proper delegation to nurse
or patient care technician
● Ineffective communication between team reflected in this unit’s low HCAHPS scores Cost ● Purchasing Voceras
● Purchasing Vocera badges
members slows responsiveness. (Williams, 2014). ● Electrical configuration of call bell system to secretary
desk
● Ineffective teamwork and shared ● eless controllers, servers, charging port, etc)
References ● Step 1: Rewiring the call bells to the
responsibility in answering the call bells and Mitchell, M. D., Lavenberg J. G., Trotta, R. L., & Umscheid, C. A. (2014). Hourly secretary desk (within 3 months)
patients are waiting longer. rounding to improve nursing responsiveness: a systematic review. The Journal of
Nursing Administration, 44(9), 462-72.
Timeline ● Step 2a: Purchasing Voceras and providing
staff education (6 months)
● Step 2b: Implement Voceras on the floor (8
Pemmasani, V., Paget, T., Minamareddy, P., Pemmasani, S., & Van Woerden, months)
H.(2014). Hands-free communication free up nursing time.Nursing Times. 110. 12-14. ● Management will survey nursing staff about
communication improvements on the unit
Richardson, J. E., & Ash, J. S. (2008). The effects of hands free communication
devices on clinical communication: balancing communication access needs with user
Collection ● Management will survey nursing staff for
overall satisfaction on vocera use
control. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2008, 621–625. Data ● Management will survey patients on nurse
response time
Williams, D. B. (2014, December 12). Improving Staff Responsiveness to Patient-
Initiated Call Lights. Master's Projects and Capstones. 57.