Improving 3-Hour Sepsis Bundled Care Outcomes: Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Sepsis Protocol in the Emergency Department

Sepsis, a life-threatening condition, can rapidly progress to death. The Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program has implemented bundled care metrics for sepsis care, but timely completion of these interventions is challenging. Best-practice interventions could improve patient outcomes and reimbursement. The purpose of this project was to improve the timeliness of sepsis recognition and implementation of bundled care interventions in the emergency department.

Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - June 20, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Wendy R. Moore, Alicia Vermuelen, Rachelle Taylor, David Kihara, Erik Wahome Tags: Practice Improvement Source Type: research