Improving the Acute Myocardial Infarction Rapid Rule Out process.
Bedside staff nurses are in a unique position to identify implementation problems and ways to improve compliance with evidence-based practice guidelines. The goal of this performance improvement project was to improve compliance with an evidence-based Acute Myocardial Infarction Rapid Rule Out pathway. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate how a bedside staff nurse was able to decrease wait times and length of stay for patients with low-risk chest pain while applying evidence-based practice.
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Rachel
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Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, California 91942, USA. Rachel.Hyden@sharp.com
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D002140:California; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D019091:Critical Pathways; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*