Reference no: EM133758132
Assignment: Nursing
Project Title-Preventing Access flow infections in hemodiaysis patients
Write the name of your project.
Project Description: Problem idenified is access infections has high mortaity and morbidty rates- Solution I choose to implement is creating patient eduation and staff and patient audits to prevent access related infections. Patients that had Cathers were increased risk for access infections. Ensuring patients get a permanent access such as ( AVF or AVG) was importamt.
Describe the project and discuss the setting where the project took place.
Project Rationale
Provide a justification for the selection of this project. Who will benefit and how will they benefit from this project (not including yourself)? What is the significance of the project, and how will it advance nursing science?
Personal/Professional Expectations
As you established this project, what did you hope to gain from this project, both professionally and personally.
Project Goals
Succinctly describe the long-and short-term goals of your project.
Analysis of the Literature
Adding one or two articles that support your solution should be included when you write this sectionYour overview should include a brief review of the existing research on your topic and a discussion comparing this research to your project focus. How did your project meet the gaps in existing nursing knowledge?
Procedure
Describe how you carried out the project.
Adding how you developed and rolled out your tool would help
Findings
The findings should include your post-implementation findings, so what were your findings after you implemented your tool? Was compliance better? Were signs of infection identified sooner? Did infection rates decrease? - Based on implementing an Focus audit on hand hygiene and infection control audit - In the beggining of the audit the faciity scored low. After fining this out we did patient education and staff education . Frequent audits were important to ensure compliancy. Also pateints did not report signs and symptoms of access infection early to the clinical staff which was also a factor. Patient education on reporting signs and symptoms was important.
What were the results of the project? What feedback did you receive from your stakeholders?