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Quality Flash drives Exemplary Professional Practice and Outcomes of Care The “Quality Flash” daily huddle was implemented with the goal of establishing active interprofessional discussion and advance nursing practice at the bedside for improvements in patient safety and reductions in healthcare acquired infections using evidence-based care. The strategic approach of using a TV theme to drive quality improvement was the innovative technique to capturing buy-in and attention to the initiative. The strategy was to empower nurses to use their expert knowledge to devise innovative solutions to improve patient outcomes. Utilizing their role as change leaders and allowing them to have autonomy in their practice provided the essential link to patient safety, nurse satisfaction, staff retention, and improved patient outcomes. The nurses were encouraged to foster inter- professional relationships through the provision of time-sensitive prioritized lists for care metrics which allowed the clinicians closest to the bedside to understand patient needs and deliver best care. The strategic plan also engaged care partners to support the changes through celebrations of small outcomes of care improvements with rewards and recognitions delivered to all levels of care partners. The positive feedback built collegial relationships between nursing staff and physicians. Significant reductions were seen in HAIs across 2018 after implementation of the Quality Flash. i l r r f s ional Practice and Outcomes of Care l il l s imple ented with the goal of establishing active interprofes ional discussion and advance nursing i f r i r v ents in patient safety and reductions in healthcare acquired infections using evidence-based care. f i T the e to drive quality improvement was the in ovative technique to capturing buy-in and i iti ti . tr t gy was to e power nurses to use their expert knowledge to devise in ovative solutions to improve . tili i t ir r le as change leaders and allowing them to have autonomy in their practice provided the ssential t , r tisf ction, staf retention, and improved patient outcomes. The nurses wer ncouraged to f ster inter- l i i t r t e provision of time-sensitive priorit zed lists for care metrics which allowed the clin c ans close t to r t tie t ne ds and deliver best care. The strategic plan also engaged care partners to sup ort the changes i f l tc es of care improve ents with rewards and recognit ons deliver d to all ev ls of care partners. The ilt l i l r lationships betwe n nursing staf and physicians. i r in HAIs acros 2018 after implementation of the Quality Flash.

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