Proposal to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia through a Standardized Nursing Interventions and Education Program
Disciplines
Critical Care Nursing | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a costly issue that is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the Intensive Care Unit. It is costly in many ways include monetary, resource wise, and patient outcome wise. The purpose of this project is to determine if a standardized prevention bundle and education program will prove more effective at decreasing ventilator-acquired pneumonia than current practice. Brief Literature Review: Evidence shows that interventions are in place, but an understanding of those interventions and why they are necessary is needed to increase use. This means an education program along with a standardized method of intervening is key to reinforce the decrease of VAP. The Veteran’s Association hospitals partnered with clinical informatics nurses to create a pneumonia prevention program for all units. It could be adapted specifically for VAP and implemented across a hospital system. Methods: A systematic search was conducted on Open Athens using the terms ventilator-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, nursing, nursing interventions. Only peer-reviewed journals in the last five years were considered for use in gathering information necessary for this project. Evaluation: Current prevalence of VAP, reporting practices, and prevention practices on the unit this project is launched on will be reviewed before it is implemented. A quiz about VAP and prevention methods will also be given. After the implementation of the project, these statistics will be reviewed again along with a post-test to compare with the data gathered before implementation.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar School of Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
M'Lyn Spinks
Additional Faculty
Dr. Christie Emerson, Nursing, cemerson@kennesaw.edu
Proposal to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia through a Standardized Nursing Interventions and Education Program
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a costly issue that is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the Intensive Care Unit. It is costly in many ways include monetary, resource wise, and patient outcome wise. The purpose of this project is to determine if a standardized prevention bundle and education program will prove more effective at decreasing ventilator-acquired pneumonia than current practice. Brief Literature Review: Evidence shows that interventions are in place, but an understanding of those interventions and why they are necessary is needed to increase use. This means an education program along with a standardized method of intervening is key to reinforce the decrease of VAP. The Veteran’s Association hospitals partnered with clinical informatics nurses to create a pneumonia prevention program for all units. It could be adapted specifically for VAP and implemented across a hospital system. Methods: A systematic search was conducted on Open Athens using the terms ventilator-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, nursing, nursing interventions. Only peer-reviewed journals in the last five years were considered for use in gathering information necessary for this project. Evaluation: Current prevalence of VAP, reporting practices, and prevention practices on the unit this project is launched on will be reviewed before it is implemented. A quiz about VAP and prevention methods will also be given. After the implementation of the project, these statistics will be reviewed again along with a post-test to compare with the data gathered before implementation.