Improving Hourly Rounding on an Orthopaedic/Trauma Unit.

Hourly rounding impacts multiple patient care outcomes. The task of rounding has several obstacles and is made more time-consuming by donning and doffing protective personal equipment kits, especially in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve the frequency of hourly rounding performance on the unit, nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel on an orthopaedic/trauma unit at an academic hospital in the Midwest United States were introduced to potential interventions in several PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles using quality improvement methodology.