Quality Improvement Participation for Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)
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Outline
Quality Improvement Participation
Guidelines:
- Standardization allows for iterative improvement
- EBP
- Local champions increase adoption
- Candid feedback critical
- PICO!
- Leadership involvement
- Data collection is king
Considerations:
- Nay-sayer buy-in-first
- Can improvement withstand the biggest skeptic?
- Consider feedback critically
- Defined goal
- Continuous involvement
- Momentum
- Leadership involvement
- EBP fairs
Nurse’s role:
- Participation in QI projects
- Participation in EBP boards/culture
- Champion projects you believe in
- Specialty
- Skeptic view, consider logical conclusions
Pitfalls:
- “The way it has always been done”
- “That will cost too much”
- “No way that would work”
- What WILL make it work?
Examples:
- Incentive spirometer goal setting at discharge (and take home)
- Cost negligible (disposable already)
- Follow-up questions encourage participation
- Measurable data, compliance vs outcomes
Linchpins (Key Points):
- Quality improvement projects work best with buy-in from all levels, especially at the
bedside
Transcript
References
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. (2022). Guidelines for Perioperative Practice (2022 ed.).