4 results match your criteria: "INOVA Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg[Affiliation]"
Implementing a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in Critical Care.
Am J Nurs
November 2024
Robin R. Jackson is a clinical nurse specialist at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Donna Thomas is a critical care nursing program manager at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, where Kathleen Russell-Babin is vice president of professional practice. Kimberly Winter is wound ostomy coordinator and Julia Gordon is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Patricia M. Green, Sarah Lemaster, and Jenny R. Fox are staff nurses at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA. Dejon M. Wright is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA. Amanda P. Bettencourt is an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia and an implementation science consultant. Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin is an implementation science consultant in Charles Town, WV. Contact author: Kathleen Russell-Babin, The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
The emerging field of implementation science (IS) facilitates the sustainment of evidence-based practice in clinical care. This article, the third in a series on applying IS, describes how a nurse-led team at a multisite health system used IS concepts, methods, and tools to implement a hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) prevention bundle on six critical care units, with the aim of decreasing HAPI incidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImplementing the Brøset Violence Checklist in the ED.
Am J Nurs
July 2024
John Lawrence is a sepsis coordinator at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Johanna Emory is a pediatric ED nurse at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA. Sara Sousa is an ED nurse manager at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA. Danielle Thompson is a clinical mentor at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Kenya Jenkins is an education coordinator at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, where Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin is an implementation science consultant and Kathleen Russell-Babin is vice president of professional practice. Amanda P. Bettencourt is an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia and an implementation science consultant. Contact author: Kathleen Russell-Babin, The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
The emerging field of implementation science (IS) facilitates the sustainment of evidence-based practice in clinical care. This article, the second in a series on applying IS, describes how a nurse-led IS team at a multisite health system implemented the Brøset Violence Checklist-a validated, evidence-based tool to predict a patient's potential to become violent-in the system's adult EDs, with the aim of decreasing the rate of violence against staff. The authors discuss how they leveraged IS concepts, methods, and tools to achieve this goal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan you help me?: knowledge sharing within the nursing profession.
Nurs Womens Health
August 2013
INOVA Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA, USA.
In the business world, knowledge sharing has been credited with advantages in productivity. When applied to health care, a comprehensive knowledge-sharing program can help nurses compete in today's globalized and highly competitive health care market while improving patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPosterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a case study.
Am J Nurs
May 2012
Acute Unit, Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA, USA.
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by an acute increase in blood pressure, and by headaches, altered mental status, seizures, and visual loss. It is usually seen on computed tomographic scans as white-matter vasogenic edema predominantly affecting the posterior occipital and parietal lobes of the brain. Risk factors include malignant hypertension, eclampsia, medications such as immunosuppressants (including tacrolimus and cyclosporine), chemotherapy, biotherapy, and renal failure.
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