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Assignment:

• Identify a systems or organizational performance problem in your current or previous workplace that may be helped by an innovation.
• Search in the library databases for articles on healthcare innovations that may address the problem you have identified.

Imagine that you are presenting the identified problem at a staff meeting in your current or past workplace. For the meeting, develop an evidence-based narrated PowerPoint presentation to support the application of an innovation drawing from the ones you have researched.

Your narrated presentation should be 8-10 slides long and include speaker's notes. The narration should be no longer than 10 minutes. In your presentation, address the following:

In your presentation, address the following:

• Describe the problem you have identified and why it is important to address. Be specific.
• Synthesize the three research articles you read and summarize the takeaways you can apply to your proposed innovation.
• Explain your proposed innovation and how it would address the systems or organizational problem you have identified. Be specific and provide examples.
• Describe the potential impact of the innovation on patient experience and outcomes. Be specific.
• Explain how you would apply the innovation in the workplace based on the research.

Identified Problem

I am a bed control nurse, and i identified that the air mattress blocked many patient rooms in the hospital. Several patients were waiting in the ED for long hours without beds. I also noticed that beds were blocked for 2-3 days because of air mattresses in the room. If the air mattresses were promptly removed from the patient rooms, patients could get the proper care without waiting in the ED for a long time. I recognized that this situation causes delays in patient care, increases ED LOS, and creates many patient complaints.

Interventions

I have three months of data on the blocked beds in the hospital because of the air mattresses in the rooms, and I will give it to the nurse manager. i am coordinating with nursing, housekeeping, and patient administration services and discussing the options to resolve the issue. The team can conclude by creating a space for the air mattress and regular mattress until they were picked up from the hospital by the air mattress company and replaced the room with a regular mattress. Soon after the patient is discharged from the floor, the air mattress can be moved by the designated staff and replaced with a regular mattress. So the housekeeping staff can clean the room, and the room will be ready for the patients from ED. So, the available empty spaces are open for veterans soon after it is cleaned by housekeeping.