My clinical group chose to focus on preventing CLABSI’s for our dissemination project. More specifically, we want to focus on consistently scrubbing the hub of the IV port before administering medication. We saw some staff members not doing this consistently on our clinical floor, so we wanted to address that. I think that this project will be accomplished with hard work and collaboration from all of us. We can communicate in class and clinical about how to best complete the project and make any changes if we need to. If we have any conflicts, I think it would be best if we addressed them as a group, so we can figure out what we should do moving forward.
One benefit we might anticipate in completing this project is becoming more familiar with CLABSI’s and how to recognize and prevent them from occurring. Hopefully, we will be able to see more focus on CLABSI prevention on the floor when we are done with this project. I think it will be very helpful to go thought this project, so we are able to see how to start going about making evidence-based improvements in patient care. Hopefully I will be able to use what I learned in this project and use it in practice.
Amy, how will you communicate outside of class and clinical, especially once you are all out on preceptorships with different schedules? Regarding potential barriers of completing the project as a team – how might you overcome any barriers? The more specific you can be with your plan, the more likely you will be successful.