The Nurse Residency Program helps to transition newly licensed nurses to professional pediatric nurses. During the 12-month program, nurse residents orient to their unit and specialty areas, gaining valuable knowledge and clinical experiences in pediatric nursing. Cohorts begin twice a year in February/March and July/August. An evidence-based quality improvement project is one requirement of the program.
Many nurses at Children's Mercy Kansas City go on to contribute new knowledge to their profession, to serve their professional associations, to advocate for children's health and safety, and to improve the quality and safety of pediatric health care. The following presentations represent some of this work.
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ICN Flu Vaccine Cocooning
Allison Bauer BSN, RN; Brittany Wolter BSN, RN; Jonathan Rind BSN, RN; Maggie Butaud BSN, RN; Sarah Dumovich BSN,RN; Tori Weishaar BSN, RN; and Karli Wittenbach BSN, RN
PICO Question
P (Population): Registered nurses in the CMH Intensive Care Nursery providing patient care.
I (Intervention): Electronic documentation of parent flu vaccine status. Include vaccine status reminder in pod huddle.
C (Comparison): Current practice
O (Outcome): Increase the percentage of families receiving the flu-vac
Aim Statement
The objective of this evidence based practice project is to increase the percentage of families receiving the flu vaccine from 83% to 85% by March of 2018
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PICU Patient Satisfaction
Kaitlyn Enochs BSN, RN; Jonathan Foley BSN, RN; Tara Goodman BSN, RN; Abby Haupt BSN, RN; Chelsea Koerkenmeier BSN, RN; Allison Mills BSN, RN; Kara Mishler BSN, RN; Madison Myers BSN, RN; Michelle Noykhovich BSN, RN; Sophia Poplin BSN,RN; Austin Reyes BSN, RN; Kylie Stottlemyre BSN, RN; Sarah Swift BSN, RN; Danielle Warner BSN, RN; Emily Zimmerman BSN, RN; Brooke English MSN, RN, CCRN; and Katherine Hoffman BSN, RN
PICO
PICU secretaries and parents will be able to increase the number of completed parent satisfaction surveys compared to current actions and supports.
Aim Statement
- To increase rate of completed parent survey by 5%, as measured by the number of surveys submitted each quarter by January 2018
- To have 10% response rate to surveys for patients that have been in the PICU for 30 days or greater.
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Safe Baby
Hannah Burger BSN, RN; Samantha Cockrell BSN, RN; Shauni Lawrence BSN, RN; Shae McGinnis BSN, RN; Christina Montgomery RN; and Elizabeth Taylor RN
PICO Question
P: 4 Henson and 5 Sutherland patients who qualify for Safe Sleep Practices according to the Safe Sleep Policy.
I: Creating a useable checklist to be completed with each infant and each shift change
C: Current standard of care
O: Increased compliance with safe to sleep practicesAim Statement
The objective of this evidence based practice project is to increase Safe Sleep compliance from 50% to 65% on 4 Henson and 5 Sutherland by February 1, 2018.
