Personal Growth Resources

Guidelines:

• CEU’s
• Vendor certifications
• Nurse educator
• AORN
  • Local chapters
• EBP conferences
• QI projects
  • Lean 6 sigma

Considerations:

• Motivation behind training
  • Reps
• Peer review
  • AORN vs ACOS
• Solution needing a problem
• Standardization allows for iterative improvement

Nurse’s role:

• Participate in QI
• Up to date on research and EBP
• Question current practice
  • Start time story

Pitfalls:

• “We’ve always done it this way”

Examples:

• EBP suggests lower total IVF in rectal cases results in lower incidence of postop retention (present evidence to practice committee, anticipate data collection locally with champions from anes and g/s)

Linchpins (Key Points):

• Iterative improvements result in better patient outcomes at lesser costs