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Nursing Research Council at OMC Jefferson

The Nursing Research Council exists to encourage and facilitate systematic inquiry of issues relevant to nursing practice and patient care outcomes. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month (except for November & December).

Goals

Dissemination and utilization of nursing research findings
Plan and conduct nursing and collaborative research
Develop evidence-based nursing practice
Continuing education related to the research process
Advance and ensure the conduct of quality research and other scholarly activities

Membership

Membership of the council includes members of the nursing staff, management, clinical educators, members from Research Department, and a representative from one of the Schools of Nursing. View member listing.

Evidence Based Practice - 2012

The Link Between Anticoagulation Therapy and Endoscopic Procedures: A Collaborative Project to Improve Patient and Unit Outcomes
Championing Enteral Nutrition in Adult Critical Care
An Evidence-Based Approach to Optimizing Nurse's Recognition of Delirium in the Hip Fracture Patient
Increasing Heart Failure Education Compliance among Nurses upon Discharge on CICU
Increasing Medication Reconciliation and Improving Patient Safety in the Nephrology Access Service
Intraoperative Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Strategies for Success
The Temperature of Expressed Human Milk and Formula at the Time of Administration
Lights, Camera, Action: Decreasing Patient Falls through Video Surveillance
The Pain Quality Study: One Hospital's Experience
Utilizing Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS)
Adult Fluid Replacement: Proof Behind the Formula
Evaluation of Early Warning Scoring System on Rapid Response Outcomes
Early Skin to Skin and Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates
Guidelines for Optimizing Telemetry Monitoring on a MedSurg Unit
Analysis of Risk Factors and Antiemetic Regimens on Postoperative Nausea Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
A Prospective Study on Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia
Using Avatars in an Online Virtual Community to Facilitate Peer Storytelling Among Grieving Oncology Nurses
Identification of Nursing First Order Operational Failures: Opportunites to Galvanize Healthcare Safety and Efficiency

Evidence Based Practice - 2011

Evaluation of Staff’s Compliance with Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recertification Prior To Expiration with Implementation of American Heart Association Heartcode Courses

Literature Review on Preparing Patients Living with Cancer for Surgery

Decreasing Medication Override Rates and Improving Patient Safety in the Acute Dialysis Unit

Update: A Comparative Analysis of Multi-Factorial Fall Prevention Intervention on Patient Falls on a Transplant Unit

Compassion Fatigue: A Concept Analysis

“Not Documented, Not Done”

Reducing Unnecessary Indwelling Catheter Utilization on a Medical-Surgical Floor

Implementation of a Family Advisory Council - A Description of Outcomes

Nursing Orientation: Under Construction

Pediatric Nursing Compliance Using Smart Pump Technology for Intravenous Medication Administration

Implementation of a Daily Goals Rounding Tool

Standardization of Pressure Ulcer Prevention Strategies for Post-Operative LVAD Patients

Reduction in Fall Related Injuries

Keeping Up With Competencies

Improving Nurses’ Utilization of Smart Pump Infusion Technology

Monitor Alarm Fatigue: Implementation of Guidelines for Eliminating Inappropriate Telemetry Monitoring

Nurses’ Role in Reducing Elective Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks Gestation

The Evolution of Multidisciplinary Team Meetings

Call Bell Response Time and Patient Satisfaction

Blended Learning for Critical Care Orientation

Evidence-Based Practice 2010

Improving Accuracy of Pressure Ulcer Staging and Documentation Using Innovative Computerized Clinical Decision Support
A Three Prong Approach to Medication Safety
Initiation of the Unit Practice Council on the Transplant Stepdown Unit
A Comparative Analysis of Multi-Factorial Fall Prevention Intervention on Patient Falls on a Transplant Unit: Preliminary Findings
One Call . . . That's All
A Quality Improvement Project to Examine the Use of Bed Alarms on a Medical-Surgical Unit
Don't Let the Code Blue Give You the "Blues"
The Use of Humor to Reduce Patient Anxiety and Improve Patient Satisfaction
The Use of Chewing Gum to Prevent Post-Operative Ileus In the Open Abdominal Surgical Adult Patient on a Post-operative Unit: A Literature Review
Chemotherapy Administration Record: Helping our Patients on the Road to their Recovery
Evidence-Based Wound Care in the NICU
Facilitating Evidence Based Practice through Unit Practice Council Initiatives
Evaluation of Staff Satisfaction with an Automated Chest Compression Device