title: Impact of enhanced ventilator care bundle checklist on nursing documentation in an intensive care unit.
abstract: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a hospital-acquired infection that may develop in patients 48 hours after mechanical ventilation. The project goal was to determine whether a ventilator-associated pneumonia care bundle checklist embedded into an existing electronic health record would increase completeness of nursing documentation in an intensive care unit setting. With the embedded checklist, there were significant improvements in nursing documentation and a decreased incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Encore Health Resources, Houston, TX 77010, USA. todaronabia@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nabia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malouf-Todaro
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jupiter
authors.forename: Phyllis Hart
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Tipton
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peace
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist / Q000379:methods*; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D009737:Nursing Records; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing*; D012189:Retrospective Studies