1. Quality improvement: Adherence to nurse-driven heparin protocols.
- Author
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Laughner C, Sentz R, Sabados A, Feil D, and Cooley AS
- Subjects
- Adult, Hospitals, Community, Hospitals, Teaching, Humans, Nursing Evaluation Research, Retrospective Studies, Clinical Protocols, Heparin administration & dosage, Medication Adherence statistics & numerical data, Practice Patterns, Nurses', Quality Improvement
- Abstract
Purpose: This study assessed the impact of process standard work, a quality improvement tool, on staff adherence to nurse-driven unfractionated heparin (UFH) protocols in adult patients at a community teaching hospital., Methods: This was a retrospective quality improvement project, and statistical analysis was performed by a senior research specialist at the facility., Results: In total, 109 venous thromboembolism or cardiac UFH anticoagulant protocols were included in the final analysis, accounting for 445 activated partial thromboplastin time results., Conclusion: There was no change in adherence to a nurse-driven UFH protocol among adult patients after the implementation of process standard work.
- Published
- 2019
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