CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Increasing patient/family centered care
CSI Participants
Terri Hedlund, RN, BSN, CPN
Connie Neuzerling, RN, BSN
Susan Willock, RN, BS, BSN, MEd, CCRN
Project Goals/Objectives
- To improve staff communication with patients/families, as evidenced by responses on a parent questionnaire and by NRC Picker question: How often did the ICU nurses explain things in a way you could understand?
- To increase family participation and understanding of plan of care and daily rounds
Project Outcomes
- Decreased average length of stay 0.5 day
- Increased patient satisfaction scores to more than 90 percent
- These outcomes resulted in a projected annual fiscal impact of $4,154,500.
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Disclaimer
The AACN CSI Academy program supports change projects based on quality improvement methods. Although CSI teams seek to ensure linkage between their project and clinical/fiscal outcomes, data cannot be solely attributed to the project and are estimations of impact.