Effect of Education on Adult Sepsis Quality Metrics In Critical Care Transport
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-msjdn1559515705318732021-08-03T07:11:21Z Effect of Education on Adult Sepsis Quality Metrics In Critical Care Transport Schano, Gregory R. Health Health Care Health Care Management Health Education Medicine Nursing sepsis septic shock quality quality metrics quality assessment quality measurement education critical care transport CCT helicopter EMS HEMS Sepsis is a serious medical concern worldwide and becomes rapidly fatal if not identified and treated early in its development. Literature reveals clinicians have difficulty recognizing sepsis timely when it is most treatable because sepsis is always secondary to an infection, its signs mirror other conditions, and there is not a diagnostic test specific for sepsis. Literature also demonstrates while education on sepsis is important and necessary, education has limited effects on the identification and treatment of patients with sepsis. Still, education promotes awareness, reinforces treatment, and enhances a nurse’s confidence in managing persons with sepsis.MedFlight is a critical care transportation company in Ohio that provides critical care life support medical transportation by helicopter and ground mobile intensive care vehicle. Within MedFlight’s broad quality management system is a scorecard which includes four metrics specific to the care of patients who are diagnosed with sepsis. These metrics include: intravenous fluid bolus, vasopressor use, serum lactate measurement, and antibiotic therapy. This DNP project explored whether a single online education intervention would affect these sepsis metrics since compliance with them was lower than expected. Findings of this project revealed that although participants felt more informed about sepsis and better prepared to treat patients with sepsis, compliance with the sepsis quality metrics was less after education than it was before the education. This is consistent with other sepsis research whereby education has a limited effect on a clinician’s ability to detect and manage patients with sepsis. Recommendations from this project included ongoing study of these metrics and more frequent feedback using a variety of means. This DNP project added to the larger body of knowledge because it was specific to critical care transport and addressed quality measures. 2019-06-21 English text Mount St. Joseph University Dept. of Nursing / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn155951570531873 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn155951570531873 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center. |
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