CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Delirium prevention
CSI Participants
Ann Mulligan, RN
Colleen Ryan, RN, MSN, CCRN
Maureen Sullivan, RN
Michele Wescott, RN, BSN, CCRN
Project Goals/Objectives
- To decrease total number of days on continuous IV sedation
- To decrease total number of ventilator days
- To increase compliance of CAM-ICU delirium assessment
- To implement early mobility within 48 hours of intubation
- To decrease the ICU length of stay (LOS)
Project Outcomes
- Increased compliance for continuous IV sedation of less than three days from 45 to 76 percent
- Decreased average ventilator days per patient 4.62 days
- Increased compliance with delirium assessment using the CAM-ICU 90 percent by end of the project
- Implemented early mobility in 60 percent of eligible patients
- Decrease ICU LOS four days
- These outcomes resulted in a projected annual fiscal impact of $1,491,665.
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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.