required to attend additional training on the new conscious sedation checklist. A laminated conscious sedation checklist and conscious sedation checklist forms will be readily available in all areas where conscious sedation takes place.
B1. Change Theory
The staff members will need to buy into the new conscious sedation checklist. Lewin Change Theory consists of three stages: unfreezing, freezing, and refreezing. The first stage in helping people adapt to change involves unfreezing their attachment to the current practice (Williams, D. & Butts-Dion, S., 2016). The staff members need to understand why change is necessary and how the change will be accomplished. An in-service on the new conscious sedation checklist will explain the how it works and why the change is necessary. A role-playing exercise of a procedure involving a conscious sedated patient will take place during the in-service. Several in-services will take place during at different times and different days of the week, so all staff member will have a chance to attended. Staff members will receive an online course about the new conscious sedation checklist and will have to pass a test before administering or…show more content… Nurses interact with each patient several times throughout the shift. Nurses have the greatest opportunity to provide noticeable quality of care to a patient. Using the best evidence-based nursing intervention can directly improve patient outcomes. For example, a good bedside nurse will turn a bedridden patient so that patient does not develop pressure ulcers. Since nurses are at the forefront of patient care, they should be highly involved in quality improvement activities at their workplace. For example, a professional nurse might notice an increase in catheter-associated urinary tract infection on her unit, so she begins a quality improvement campaign to decrease the use of catheters. Nurses should always be advocating for their
