With collaboration of Dr. Steve Krau, Consulting Editor, Drs. Leming-Lee
and Watters have created an issue that provides state-of-the-art content
on quality improvement. Top authors have contributed clinical reviews on
the following topics: Quality improvement: Application of evidence-based
practice; The application of the Virginia Mason production system to
improve large scale quality outcomes in an acute care hospital; The
application of the Toyota production system Lean 5S methodology in the
operating room setting; Chart it to stop it: A quality improvement
project to increase the reporting of workplace aggression; Reducing
pressure injuries in the pediatric intensive care unit; Improving
stress-induced hyperglycemic management in the ICU setting; Evaluation
of telemetry utilization on medical-surgical floors; Implementation of a
nurse-driven CAUTI prevention protocol; A quality improvement project to
test the effectiveness of a patient-centered pathway and discharge tool
on heart failure patient engagement; Diabetes self-management education
provision by an interprofessional collaborative team: A quality
improvement project; Increasing effective patient-triage nurse
communication using a targeted history question; and Barriers to the
implementation of pediatric overweight and obesity guidelines in a
school-based health center. Nurses will come away with the current
information they need to improve patient outcomes.
