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Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Care in a Community Emergency Department by Incorporating Evidence Into Practice: Using a Pivot Nurse to Improve Access to the Appropriate Level of Care Quality Forum 2014 Rapid Fire Session D3 February 27, 2014 Peter Chan and Sherry Stackhouse

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This presentation was delivered in session D3 of Quality Forum 2014 by: Peter Chan Health System Planning Advisor Vancouver Coastal Health Sherry Stackhouse Emergency Clinician, Lions Gate Hospital Vancouver Coastal Health

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Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Care in a Community Emergency Department by Incorporating Evidence Into Practice:

Using a Pivot Nurse to Improve Access to the Appropriate Level

of Care

Quality Forum 2014 Rapid Fire Session D3

February 27, 2014

Peter Chan and Sherry Stackhouse

Disclosure

Presentation Content

The Beginning (Oct 2012 - May 2013)

1. Context 2. Problem 3. Intervention 4. Measurement 5. Challenges & Lessons

Learned

The Journey (Jun 2013 – Feb 2014)

1. Context Lions Gate Hospital

1. Context North Shore/Coast Garibaldi HSDA

2. Problem Background

• Access Block and ED Overcrowding lead to long wait times, and avoidable delays in the Emergency Department (ED)

• Patient and staff dissatisfaction with the care they receive and provide

2. Problem Access Block and Overcrowding

2. Problem Access Block and Overcrowding

2. Problem Access Block and Overcrowding

2. Problem Access Block and Overcrowding

3. Intervention Project Overview

• Union of two separate initiatives: – A Quality Advisor led stakeholder engagement and applied a

framework to guide improvement work – A Clinical Nurse Leader led evidence in practice initiatives and

provided clinical coordination and leadership

• Goals were aligned and priorities were established at the beginning

3. Intervention What is Quality?

3. Intervention Quality Framework

• Model for Improvement – Aim Statements – Measurement – PDSA Cycles

• Clinical Education and Role Modeling

• Culture • Sustainability

3. Intervention Value Stream Map of Current State

4. Measurement Clinical Issues Tested

• PDSA Results: – Reduced time to analgesia from 81 to 32 minutes during analgesia

protocol use – Reduced ALOS from 121 to 108 minutes for returning IV antibiotic

patients – Registered Nurses (RNs) participating in a research project regarding

RN initiated extremity X-Ray ordering

4. Measurement Issue: Delays at Triage and Registration

• Arrival to Triage Wait Time exceeds CTAS Guidelines • Average wait time is over 30 minutes

– Outliers greater than 90 minutes – This time is currently not being measured

4. Measurement Test: Pivot Nurse at Triage

• Concept: streaming patients at first point of contact – Two defined care streams in

the ED (Acute and Fast Track)

– Improve patient experience – Reduced interruptions for

triage nurses and registration clerks

• Results: Reduced average arrival to triage wait time from 30 to 7 minutes

4. Measurement PDSA Cycles: Pivot Nurse at Triage

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Run Chart - Lions Gate Hospital - Emergency Department - PDSA Cycles: Arrival to Triage Wait Time (Observed Patients)

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PDSA Cycle #1:Lower Surge Protocol

PDSA Cycle #2:Pivot Nurse - Quick Admit

PDSA Cycle #3:Pivot Nurse - Clipboard

PDSA Cycle #4:Pivot Nurse - ClipboardClinical Nurse Leader - First Aid

4. Measurement Reception: Where’s the Patient?

4. Measurement Triage Desk: How many Patients are Waiting?

5. Challenges & Lessons Learned Success and Limitations

• Success – Time – Organizational Support – Staff Engagement – Communication – Culture – Sustainability

• Limitations – Time – Resources – Staff Engagement – Communication – Culture

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• If it was up to you would you continue with the role of the Pivot Nurse?

1/33 NO 31/33 YES

• Does the Pivot Nurse reduce the time to care provider?

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• Does the Pivot nurse reduce triage workload during surges?

100% YES

Pivot survey Jan 2014 (n=33) • “Make the pivot role more versatile.” • “There can be a lot of standing around..” • “It depends on who is working.” • “The most helpful pivots take charge of the

WR.” • “It can be stressful….limit length of shift.” • “When its done well its incredibly helpful.”

LGH Recipe

Questions?

[email protected] Health System Planning Advisor

[email protected] Emergency Clinician

Appendix

• Evidence: – Martin, M. (2012) A Pivot Nurse at Triage, Journal of Emergency Nursing, 38 (1) – Mc Hugh, M., Van Dyke, K., Mc Clelland, M. & Moss, D. (2011) Improving Patient

Flow and Reducing emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – AHRQ, Accessed at http://www.ahrq.gov

– Victorian Government (2008) Discussion Paper, Streaming Care; Fast track services in hospital emergency departments, Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division, Victorian Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria; Accessed at www.health.vic.gov.au/emergency