Date Available
4-28-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Committee Chair
Dr. Melanie Hardin-Pierce
Clinical Mentor
Dr. Debra Hall
Committee Member
Dr. Shelia Melander
Committee Member
Dr. Angel Coz
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this project is to evaluate the implementation of a standardized delirium education program, delirium assessment protocol, and a standardized CAM-ICU reporting method. The goal of the project is to improve nursing delirium knowledge, CAM-ICU documentation compliance, and interdisciplinary discussion of patient’s delirium status during Multidisciplinary Rounds (MDR). This project has four distinct objectives. 1) Implement a standardized delirium assessment and communication protocol within the Lexington VAHCS ICU. 2) Increase the nursing knowledge and self-confidence of assessing ICU delirium, by 50% using a multifaceted educational approach. 3) Achieve a 90% documentation compliance rate for the CAM-ICU delirium screening tool. 4) Increase healthcare provider discussion of CAM-ICU assessment by 50%, through the utilization of the “FASTHUGSBID” and “Brain Road Map” for Interdisciplinary Communication during MDR.
METHODS: This is an evidence-based quality improvement project with a pre- and post-implementation design to determine the impact of delirium education and policy implementation on nursing perception and knowledge. The study also includes a pre and post electronic chart review to evaluate for delirium screening and documentation compliance post project implementation.
RESULTS: Nursing knowledge of delirium and understanding of how to properly screen for delirium using the CAM-ICU increased compared to the pre-education knowledge assessment. The data revealed the nurses showed knowledge improvement in 6 of 11 knowledge assessment questions (pThe post-implementation data also showed the attending physicians’ leading MDR rounds gave the nurses the opportunity to report on their patients using the FASTHUGSBID rounding tool 93% (65/70) (p
CONCLUSION: The findings from this QA/QI project support the implementation of a standardized delirium communication protocol using a multifaceted delirium education approach. As a result of this project’s implementation, nursing knowledge of delirium, CAM-ICU documentation compliance, as well as the interprofessional communication of patient’s delirium status have all improved.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Daniel Bryan, "Implementing a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Nursing Knowledge of Delirium and Interprofessional Communication of Delirium in Intensive Care Patients" (2020). DNP Projects. 313.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/dnp_etds/313
