Date of Award
Fall 2022
Project Type
Thesis
College or School
CHHS
Department
Nursing
Program or Major
Nursing
Degree Name
Master of Science
First Advisor
Pamela Kallmerten
Abstract
This quality improvement project aimed to address the use of patient repositioning reminders on a surgical unit. Research supported that by getting staff input on potential improvements they would be viewed as more useful by the staff. A pre-intervention survey was distributed to 70 staff members with 22 responses. From this it was identified that turn reminders were ‘Sometimes’ used by staff (mean=3.18) and the goal was to increase the mean response to a 4 meaning reminders were ‘Almost Always’ used. Staff were given the opportunity to recommend changes to the visual reminders and that feedback was taken and themes were identified. Based on feedback, high visibility turn reminders were developed and implemented on the unit. Post-intervention surveys were distributed to the same 70 staff members with 17 responses. It was found that the use of turn reminders increased to ‘Almost Always’ (mean=4). This project supports the implementation of high visibility turn reminders and emphasizes the importance of incorporating staff feedback into interventions at the point of care.
Recommended Citation
McGough, Sydney Elizabeth, "Improving the patient repositioning process: A quality improvement project" (2022). Master's Theses and Capstones. 1594.
https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1594
Included in
Perioperative, Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Commons, Public Health and Community Nursing Commons