Abstract
Patient safety concerns in the Neurosurgery Operating Rooms (OR) are believed by the team members to be caused by numerous daily schedule changes and communication challenges. A Lean process Rapid Improvement Event was conducted where the process of surgical scheduling was identified as an opportunity for improvement. This disruption in the planned surgical/interventional radiology schedule stresses the systems by providing less time to adequately prepare for the newly posted case. This in turn, may compromises patient safety. In the neurosurgery patient population of a large tertiary acute care community hospital, the creation of evidence based classification, definitions and guidelines to the process of scheduling elective, urgent, and emergency (emergent) neurosurgical patients improved patient safety, OR utilization, and thus improve overall quality of services provided.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Type
DNP Capstone Project
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Pilot/Exploratory Study
Keywords:
Surgical Scheduling, Perioperative Safety, Case Classification, Perioperative efficiency
Advisor
Lesley Morgan
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
Jacksonville University
Degree Year
2020
Recommended Citation
Hickman, Deborah S., "Classification of surgical case descriptions for surgical scheduling improvement in neurosurgery" (2020). DNP and Student Works. 129.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dnps/129
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Review Type
Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Self-submission
Date of Issue
2020-06-04
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