Date of Award
Fall 2018
Project Type
Clinical Doctorate
College or School
CHHS
Department
Nursing
Program or Major
DNP
Degree Name
Other
First Advisor
Patricia Puccilli
Abstract
Postpartum Hemorrhage is an obstetric emergency that can lead to substantial maternal morbidity and mortality. Lean methodology is an improvement framework that addresses processes and identifies opportunities to eliminate waste and introduce efficiencies. The North Shore Medical Center uses an improvement framework modeled after the Toyota Production System that uses lean methodology to assess processes. This framework is called the North Shore Production System. This quality improvement project used the lean methodology tools from the North Shore Production System and applied them to interdisciplinary, simulated drills at the North Shore Medical Center Birthplace. After analysis of the tools, a postpartum hemorrhage management checklist was implemented based on the findings. Post intervention simulation drills were conducted to assess improvement. Defect rates were used to demonstrate improvement. Defect rates, steps in the nursing process, and reduction in non-value-added time to the process were all improved with checklist implementation. Utilizing a checklist to organize work assist in decision making during postpartum hemorrhage drills resulted in improved response and efficiency.
Recommended Citation
Siefken, Caroline, "Applying Lean Methodology to Improve the Response and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage" (2018). DNP Scholarly Projects. 15.
https://scholars.unh.edu/scholarly_projects/15