Table 4: Safety Culture Improvements Resulting from Student CNL Role-Immersions Practicum Experiences
Bundling Up Clostridium Difficile: Infection Control and Prevention in the Surgical, Trauma, Burn ICU: During this project, the C. Diff infection rate went from an average of 10 cases per month to zero for 3 months.
Interdisciplinary Infection Control in General Medicine: The hand hygiene compliance rate improved from 30% to over 70%.
Maximizing Bedside Use of Electronic Patient Information: This project improved the system for providers to access and use electronic data gathered preoperatively for use in the thoracic-cardiovascular ICU.
Increasing Interpreter Use for the Hospitalized Limited English Proficiency Patient: Multiple student projects have improved interpreter use, especially in the use of assistive technologies at the bedside.
Interdisciplinary Communication Surrounding Off-Service Patients in the Coronary Care Unit: This project exemplified lateral integration of care and communication systems improvement for the patient cohort.
Implementation of an SBAR Communication Tool in Digestive Health: EBP communication strategies were implemented in the acute care setting to improve how important information is passed to others.
Mucositis Management Project: Multiple student projects have focused on system-wide improvements of the prevention, assessment, and management of oral mucositis in hematology-oncology patients.
Tuberculosis Screening in Long-term Care: This student improved the system of care for tuberculosis screening and improved compliance to institutional benchmark levels.