Addressing therapeutic inertia in diabetes care, this session explores the positive impact of a collaborative partnership between primary care nurses and diabetes educators (DE) on improving the quality of care for patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and elevated Hgb A1c (A1c) levels…

Purpose: Humans have an innate drive to connect with other living things. There is a long-standing history of turning to animals for improving health and well-being…

Do you struggle to deliver timely, easy to access, excellent care to patients while staffing a diverse workforce across multiple locations? This session shares how nurse leaders at one hospital evaluated innovative ways to restructure the ambulatory care staffing model to meet the needs of their pa…

This presentation describes current technology employed to mobilize volunteers from the Stanford Children's Health workforce at numerous COVID-19 vaccination clinics…

As part of a gold-innovated fellowship, our team identified that laboratory errors have emerged as a priority for the CHA to be addressed, as they can lead to inaccurate test results affecting patient care…

This session discusses the implementation of a team-model approach to care for outpatient psychopharmacology or psychotherapy needs and the leadership influence that ambulatory care nurses have in designing, resourcing, implementing and evaluating new care delivery models…

As the aging population increases and resources for healthcare decrease, can a step in the transitioning of care be accomplished by using volunteer RNs in an outpatient setting? This session explores how to begin such a program focused on ambulatory or outpatient care, including training, documenta…

Background: An innovative clinical partnership was developed between a major northeastern medical center and a university nursing program to enhance senior nursing students’ learning in community-based clinical settings. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S…

Background/significance: Historically, the neurosurgery clinic utilized a physician-centric leadership model. In 2017, the neurosurgeons proposed a staffing model change to allow each provider to have a designated RN scribe to assist with order entry…

Background: In 2018, our facility opened a new 260,000 square-foot state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility. This new facility put many complex care specialists and advanced technology under one roof supporting a comprehensive, coordinated, and multidisciplinary approach to patient care…

Significance and background: Our comprehensive cancer center places a priority on professional and educational development of our nurses. Our nurses are encouraged to continue their education and improve their leadership skills through the clinical ladder program…

Nationwide 3 million children are classified as medically complex, which is defined as three or more diagnoses or conditions. While this pediatric population accounts for a small percentage of the overall patient population, they are the highest utilizers of medical services…

Asthma Medications: Pills, Dry Powders, Metered Dose, or Biologics

Purpose/background: Our purpose is to provide our pediatric primary care patients and their parents access to a modern HIPAA compliant secure triage text platform as an alternative method to reach triage RNs for clinical advice…

In 2010, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. This report outlined several recommendations that would allow for nurses to contribute to the improvement of patient outcomes and the healthcare system in general…

Purpose: It is well-documented that delivering high-quality and efficient patient care has mitigated significant bottlenecks, preventing delays in urgent cancer care for patients and enhancing the overall efficiency of all patient care processes…