A Quality Improvement Project to Revise and Reduce Nursing Data Entry in a Pediatric Trauma Unit

J Nurs Adm. 2024 Jan 1;54(1):E1-E4. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001379.

Abstract

Meaningful direct nurse-patient interactions have been found to positively influence patient experiences and outcomes while increasing nurse satisfaction. Through redesigning a database, this process improvement project reduced nurse data entry time, allowing more opportunities for direct patient interactions. This project demonstrated that database redesign is a strategic action to decrease nurse data entry workload that can be used in hospital settings.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Databases, Factual
  • Hospital Units
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Quality Improvement*
  • Trauma Centers*