Our team dissemination project was a podcast where we asked nurses on R2 about prolonged hospital stays. When we first asked the nurses on R2 if they would be willing to participate in our podcast, they were all very enthusiastic about. I think that they all enjoyed being able to speak about an issue that is very current and relevant to where they work. The goal of our podcast was to inform all floors at MMC or other hospitals about…
The topic that my team chose to do was unnecessary prolonged hospital stays. We chose this topic because the floor that we have our clinical on has some patients that have been there for over 100 days, which is clearly a problem. When first starting this project, I knew that prolonged patients stay could be caused by nursing staff shortage or because the hospital couldn’t find placement for the patient after discharge. Our group went on to find the physical…
In order for my team to be able to accomplish this project and be successful we need to utilize the resources that are available to us. The first resource we have already used was our clinical instructor. She was able to provide our team with some conflicts/issues that are currently present on our floor. I think that our clinical instructor will be a great resource because she sees these issues firsthand and now as students on this floor, we will…
