Reply week 7 DB4 research 1-alberto alfonso Whether you are talking about intrapersonal problems or patient care problems, no matter the setting, there will always be something that can be improved. In my facility, I am determined to address the problem that is heavily influencing hospitals: hospital-acquired diseases. This is a serious issue, since a large percentage of patients (over 3%) acquire a hospital-acquired disease at some point during their stay at a given healthcare facility. This can be caused by a variety of reasons, but the most common of which is the absence of proper sterility. By having tools, supplies, and healthcare providers with little or incorrect sterilization techniques, then there is an indeterminate amount of diseases that a patient with a likely already compromised immune system. Furthermore, these hospital-acquired diseases can also affect the healthcare professionals transmitting them, since the providers themselves are the vector for the disease. The project would then consist of a new set of policies that would require more intense analysis of sterilization techniques, including actions before sterilization, during sterilization, and after sterilization (transportation, use, etc.).             By localizing the area, or areas, in which sterilization protocol fails, we will be able to successfully reduce the amount of hospital-acquired diseases an individual patient will experience. Maximum minimization of these diseases is essential to provide a healthcare environment where patient care flourishes, but is also efficient in its usage of funds and time spent by professionals. For example, if a patient receives strep from a medical professional, that patient will require further care; also, the provider will possibly also suffer from the transmitted disease, meaning that person may not be able to practice and therefore put a dent in the hospital’s means. In order to prevent this, implementation of the aforementioned guidelines must take place, since these will allow for a much more strict view of the sterilization techniques. However, a complete rehaul of the methods of sterilization will require time, funds, and strong interprofessional communication to make sure there are no lapses at any point the renewed process. Departmental and funding approving is required, but I believe that this problem is essential enough to solve that it will result in quick approval. 2-sandra jaime In hospital settings, there exists a plethora of different healthcare that can stem from a large pool of possibilities; for example, anything from hospital-acquired diseases to simple patient comfort are clinical problems that can be addressed either through peer-to-peer collaboration or through patient contact and fulfilling the mastery-prepared nurse responsibility of being the patient’s primary care advocate. Many of the problems in the healthcare field, however, stem from a primary source: a lack of communication. This is the prim.

1. Reply week 7 DB4 research
1-alberto alfonso
Whether you are talking about intrapersonal problems or patient
care problems, no matter the setting, there will always be
something that can be improved. In my facility, I am determined
to address the problem that is heavily influencing hospitals:
hospital-acquired diseases. This is a serious issue, since a large
percentage of patients (over 3%) acquire a hospital-acquired
disease at some point during their stay at a given healthcare
facility. This can be caused by a variety of reasons, but the most
common of which is the absence of proper sterility. By having
tools, supplies, and healthcare providers with little or incorrect
sterilization techniques, then there is an indeterminate amount
of diseases that a patient with a likely already compromised
immune system. Furthermore, these hospital-acquired diseases
can also affect the healthcare professionals transmitting them,
since the providers themselves are the vector for the disease.
The project would then consist of a new set of policies that
would require more intense analysis of sterilization techniques,
including actions before sterilization, during sterilization, and
after sterilization (transportation, use, etc.).
By localizing the area, or areas, in which sterilization
protocol fails, we will be able to successfully reduce the amount
of hospital-acquired diseases an individual patient will
experience. Maximum minimization of these diseases is
essential to provide a healthcare environment where patient care
flourishes, but is also efficient in its usage of funds and time
spent by professionals. For example, if a patient receives strep
from a medical professional, that patient will require further
care; also, the provider will possibly also suffer from the
transmitted disease, meaning that person may not be able to
practice and therefore put a dent in the hospital’s means. In

2. order to prevent this, implementation of the aforementioned
guidelines must take place, since these will allow for a much
more strict view of the sterilization techniques. However, a
complete rehaul of the methods of sterilization will require
time, funds, and strong interprofessional communication to
make sure there are no lapses at any point the renewed process.
Departmental and funding approving is required, but I believe
that this problem is essential enough to solve that it will result
in quick approval.
2-sandra jaime
In hospital settings, there exists a plethora of different
healthcare that can stem from a large pool of possibilities; for
example, anything from hospital-acquired diseases to simple
patient comfort are clinical problems that can be addressed
either through peer-to-peer collaboration or through patient
contact and fulfilling the mastery-prepared nurse responsibility
of being the patient’s primary care advocate. Many of the
problems in the healthcare field, however, stem from a primary
source: a lack of communication. This is the primary problem
within any healthcare setting; failure to communicate leads to
innate problems within the field. Failure to communicate leads
to loss-of-information between end-of-round rotations and
between shifts, which can then lead to patient quality reduction
and even serious health issues depending the situation.
Furthermore, lack of communication can also affect healthcare
policy, something master’s-prepared nurses must be prepared to
affect in a positive direction and ensure reflects the patient’s
best interest in terms of quality healthcare.
All in all, with how hectic a healthcare environment can
be (e.g., hospitals), it is inevitable that at some point, there will
be a break in the chain of communication. That is why this
project is so important: by formulating and creating rigid
guidelines that need to be followed, teams will be able to

3. confirm that they are following the necessary steps to ensure
that information is being transferred in an effective, efficient
manner. This will minimize the amount of accidental injuries
and death among patients, and a promotion of the ability to
integrate and collaborate between other healthcare professionals
on care and healthcare policies. This project will also succeed
in allowing multicultural, diverse teams of medical
professionals to be understanding of one another. The ability to
collaborate within a diverse team also allows nurses and other
medical professionals to have the ability to assist and empathize
with those same, diverse patients. All-in-all, while there exists
an overabundance of problems within any healthcare
environment, many of them stem from lack of communication.
A revitalized ability to communicate with one another will help
maximize patient care quality and also create an understanding,
collaborative work environment without the fear of hurting a
patient through miscommunication.
3-yaima rosquete
The research question I would like to explore related to my
project is: Will the incidences of Hospital Acquired Infections
decrease if medical staff do not wear jewelry below the wrist if
they are directly involved in patient care versus staff being able
to wear jewelry below the wrist?
P- Patients who have developed a Hospital Acquired Infection.
I: Nursing staff will not wear jewelry below the wrist if they are
directly involved w/ hands on patient care.
C: Nursing staff who are allowed to wear jewelry below the
wrist.
O: Improve patient care by decreasing patient exposure and
contraction of infections.

4. I chose this proposal question because I see nurses
everyday wear jewelry even though we are taught not to in
nursing school. I wear wedding rings and my grandmothers
wedding rings on each hand plus a watch. I am interested to
learn if there really is an increase in HAI if nursing staff wears
jewelry or not.This is so important to clinical practice because
HAI is a very serious topic for hospitals and JCAHO, and there
are a lot of people who are looking for ways to decrease the
incidences of HAI.
According to Dearholt & Dang (2012), the use of
research and EBP produces better patient outcomes in health-
care organizations because patient-care decisions are
conscientiously based on the best scientific evidence. With
jewelry we can spread the germs from one patient to another
and this is very unhealthy as well. As nurses we need to be
aware and follow policies of what we can wear to work and also
as instructor Kauffman mentioned that we can take the germs
home to our family as well.