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Performance Improvement Project

Hi all!

I'm an RN working as a circulator in the operating room. Recently management asked me to serve as the Magnet Champion for our perioperative services department and I accepted. That role involves heading up a performance improvement project for our unit. I'm really struggling to think of something just out of the blue as I don't really see any glaring issues with our OR that we can do a project with measureable outcomes on (like I can't do staffing because that isn't something that I can implement or control). If anyone has anything that they can think of, just some ideas that you may have in your head. I don't want you all to think that I'm being lazy and wanting the project idea done for me-- I've just been racking my brain and am looking for maybe a spark. Any help would be appreciated!

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    Always room for improvement:

    Time out audits- you would be surprised how many times the room does not stop for a time out.

    Pre-anesthesia audits: This is a time out before the patient is intubated using the anesthesia consent, many times the consent was not in the chart, but still in the pre-op area or not witnessed

    Turn over times: Why are they are not met, what is the underlying cause

    Defective Pans and why and how does this relate to delaying cases.

    Certifications, Magnet Hospitals need their OR nurses to be CNOR certified, so how many have there CNOR, are working on it, or do not plan on obtaining this certification. The same goes for your OR techs and their certification

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