Each inpatient CONE team completed
a thorough analysis of each
unit-specific NSI, including patient
satisfaction, RN satisfaction, peripherally
inserted I.V. catheter infiltrate,
ventilator-associated pneumonia,
pressure ulcers, restraint use, central
line-associated bloodstream
infections, and catheter-associated
urinary tract infections (CAUTIs).
Many of the outpatient clinical
areas had the option of choosing an area-specific clinical indicator to
focus on because a majority of the
inpatient clinical indicators didn’t
apply to their practice. This analysis
required each clinical area to
investigate what data were being
collected, study trends and patterns
monitored in the Magnet reporting
periods, and analyze results from
the graphs released on a monthly
basis. The CONE teams then identified
the NSIs that required an
intervention and created an action
plan to target those indicator(s) and
improve their outcomes.