Overall, our audience responded very well to our presentation. They all seemed to be in agreement with our research findings. Since this unit is a cardiac telemetry unit, alarm fatigue is a very prominent and relevant issue to these nurses. Even just the few weeks that we were there for clinical, our team agreed that alarm fatigue is real and we were even affected by it, so we couldn’t imagine working 12+ hour shifts and not feeling any symptoms of…
Throughout the process of this project, my knowledge of the topic of alarm fatigue in nurses has significantly grown. For this project, we have identified the basic topic of alarm fatigue and then dove deeper, looking at factors influencing this, interventions, nurse and patient outcomes, etc. Before doing research and gathering peer reviewed literature and journals, I honestly did not expect there to be so many varying factors and the impact of nurses and patients to be so significant. My…
Before our presentation on electronic health records, I had a basic idea of what it was and how nurses use it. But I really only had familiarity with Epic, and I didn’t have any idea of HealthInfoNet, but I was pretty amazed with how widespread it has become and the simplicity of it. I definitely know that the use of Electronic Health Records has completely transformed the health profession, especially nursing. Before the development of Electronic Health Records, patient charting…
Exposure to trauma affects an individual in more ways than anyone could ever expect. I think people often assume that trauma only affects one’s psychological and emotional wellbeing, when it can affect every single aspect of their life, leaving lasting imprints on one’s physical, social, environmental, and spiritual wellbeing as well. It is important to know, especially as healthcare providers, all the different ways that trauma exposure can present with someone, and the triggers that we have to be mindful…
The health of vulnerable and marginalized populations is influenced by a variety of different factors, many of which people do not think about or have no idea that they can influence health. After our class presentation, I was surprised at how many factors can influence health, and how many other perspectives we as healthcare providers have to think about when we are providing care to our patients. As a future nurse, I will commit to educating myself and how to…
Reflecting upon this upcoming team dissemination project, I anticipate that my team will accomplish it all through communication and teamwork. The nursing profession is all about teamwork, communication, and holding responsibilities and accountability. Our communication plan will be open and honest, all being upfront about delegation and responsibilities, which we have found to be the most effective in past team projects. Regarding conflict resolution, the same principle applies: communication, communication, communication! We will all be working together as a team,…
Reflect on what you learned from this team project and how you will apply this in your future nursing practice. Think about your audience, which could be a potential employer in your first nursing position. What would you want them to know about your capacity to contribute to quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives as a new nurse resulting from working as a team to complete this project? Analyze and reflect on your team process. What did you discover about yourself as a team member?…
This EBP journey so far has definitely been challenging but it has also been a great learning experience. Since choosing a topic and developing a PICOT question, we found that our PICOT question was a little too broad and we were finding way too many articles than we could handle, and more than necessary. We realized that we needed to revise our question. We started with the effects of nursing shift lengths on quality of care AND patient safety, and…
I anticipate that this team project will be a good representation of how collaboration in healthcare occurs. There is a team of healthcare professionals who work collaboratively on various tasks, projects, patient experiences, etc. They need to be professional and accountable for completing their portions, while also communicating well with other team members. By doing this project, it will help me be able to apply these skills to my future nursing practice. We have decided to create a communication plan…
