In developing the evidenced based project to improve/increase formal workplace violence reporting utilizing the current “RL Solutions” software, there are several aspects of implementation that will affect the impact of the delivery and success of the plan. The first aspect to consider is the financial impact that the project will have on the organization. The plan entails a unit-based educational piece detailing: What constitutes workplace violence? and how to navigate RL solutions to document violent events, Education will also include the importance and impact of formal documentation, as well as what support processes to anticipate as follow-up to incident reporting. Educational material will be nominal, including a three-fold poster board and small fliers in strategic high nursing traffic areas. It will involve several in-services 10-15 minutes in length, provided by project leader to reach all staff. The larger impact to violence in the workplace is astounding. A 2017 report prepared for the American Hospital Association estimated that workplace violence costs U.S. hospital and health systems $2.7 billion in 2016, including $280 million related to preparedness and prevention, $852 million in unreimbursed medical care for victims, $1.1 billion in security and training costs and an additional $429 million in medical care, staffing, indemnity and other costs related to violence against hospital employees. (ashclinicalnews.org)Other costly aspects associated with WPV are lost wages, legal expenses, workman’s comp claims, diminished public image and employee turn-over expenses. The U.S.Department of Labor, estimates the cost to replace an employee due to workplace violence is approximately two-thirds to twice the annual salary of the employee being replaced.( www.osha.gov)Clinically, the impact of workplace violence leads healthcare workers to commit a greater number of medical errors which correlates with poorer patient outcomes. Also. Healthcare workers who must must take time off work to manage physical or psychological impact of violence put a strain on staffing availability. “Healthcare workers who were victims of violence experienced an average of 112.8 hours her year of sick, disability” (ashclinicalnew.org) which is a little more than twice that of those who did not experience workplace violence. Poor Staffing ratios due to lost staffing availability also stand to impact patient outcomes. The aspect of quality of care is also affected by episodes of workplace violence. A study published in 2001 by Judith Arnetz and Bengt Arnetz, “suggest that the violence experienced by healthcare staff is associated with lower patient ratings of the quality of care.”Additionally, workplace violent incidents contribute to decreased job interest, productivity and confidence, which directly impact the delivery of quality service to the patient. The RL solutions system is already in place, therefor there is no added cost required to design a program from the ground up. The project simply intends to increase the utilization of the current reporting system. Increased reporting will allow the organization to collect and analyze data that can assist the employer with developing prevention and intervention strategies to ultimately reduce workplace violence against workers and the physical and psychological impact victims suffer. It will also help to reduce the deleterious financial consequences associated workplace violence.  Arnetz, J.,& Arnetz, B., (Feb. 2001). Violence Toward Healthcare Staff and Possible effects on the Quality of Patient Care. Social Science and Medicare. Vol.52 Issue 3Beck, D., (Dec. 2018). Hazardous to Your Health: Violence in the Health-Care Workplace. ASH Clinical News. Retreived on Nov. 18, 2019, from https://www.ashclinicalnews.org/features/hazardous-health-violence-health-care-workplace/Hartley, D., Ridenour, M., Craine, J., & Morrill, A. (2015). Workplace violence prevention for nurses on-line course: Program development. Work (Reading, Mass.), 51(1), 79–89. doi:10.3233/WOR-141891Nowrouzi-Kia, B., (2017). The Impact of Workplace Violence on Health Care Workers’ Quality of Life. Developmental Medicine & amp; child Neurology. Vol. 59. Issue 7

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Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) is a major contributor to in-hospital morbidity and mortality and is linked with increased expenditure and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. The incidence of CLABSI is more in the ICUs due to emergency catheter placement, longer duration and repeated manipulation for sampling, administration of drugs and fluids, the additional confounding factors being chronic illness, old age, sepsis and immunosuppression (Atilla et al., 2016). My proposed solution of addressing this problem is nursing and patient education. Among the health care workers, nurses have the most direct and continuous role in handling CVCs, being involved with both insertion assistance and maintenance of central lines. Thus, they have a unique opportunity to contribute towards preventing these infections.Bedside nurses have the responsibility to implement the right interventions to prevent them. Appropriate training and education in central line management can go a long way in preventing this problem. Nurses are in a unique position to prevent CLABSIs across the health care spectrum. It would not be an overstretch to say that CLABSI prevention is completely a nursing responsibility. Let us consider the current health care scenario: the nursing scope of practice has increased vastly over the past decade and our profession continues to gain significance (Atilla et al., 2016).Educating the patients and families on the best practices of central line care and infection prevention is the responsibility of nursing staff. Making patients and caregivers partners in therapy by creating educational materials in simple language will help motivate adult learners to assimilate the knowledge (Patel et al., 2019). An interactive nurse-led demonstration accompanied by an illustrated guide to best practices of central line management ensure compliance to strict infection prevention practices. Again, this responsibility of educating patients falls on nurses, and patient education is a powerful tool to prevent CLABSIs (Patel et al., 2019). My current perspective was attributed by the fact that education empowers the patient and gives them ownership of their own care and condition.ReferencesAtilla, A., Doğanay, Z., Çelik, H. K., Tomak, L., Günal, Ö., & Kılıç, S. S. (2016). Central line-associated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit: importance of the care bundle. Korean journal of anesthesiology, 69(6), 599.Patel, P. K., Olmsted, R. N., Hung, L., Popovich, K. J., Meddings, J., Jones, K., … & Chopra, V. (2019). A Tiered Approach for Preventing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection. Annals of Internal Medicine, 171(7_Supplement), 

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Now that I am in the development stage of my project I find myself having more question and wanting to know more than just my original question. I am understanding that this is normal in the developing of an evidence based project to change the focus or that the focus will evolve (Fineout- Overholt, 2011). My question is if a person with pre diabetes makes lifestyle changes and is educated properly can they avoid or delay the onset of diabetes? I would like to know how many of my ESRD dialysis patients could have avoided the chair by receiving proper education and access to doctors. There is a hole in the education in the community and this is how I plan to address the issue. Through working with my mentor who has served the community for 40 year of nursing experience she states that the community needs to be educated in a way they will understand. She also states that the education in this community is hidden and not well advertised. I find this to be a main issue how is someone supposed to know that the education is available for free if they do not know about it. I am sure as I continue to do more research my focus will change again.

Fineout-Overholt, E. , Williamson, K. M. , Gallagher-Ford, L. , Melnyk, B. M. & Stillwell, S. B. (2011). Evidence-Based Practice, Step By Step: Following the Evidence: Planning for Sustainable Change. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 111(1), 54-60. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000393062.83761.c0.

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Describe one internal and one external method for the disseminationof your EBP project results. For example, an internal method may bethe hospital board, and an external method may be a professionalnursing organization. Discuss why it is important to report yourresults to both of these groups. How will your communicationstrategies change for each group? My EBP is on hand washing

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Kimberly Morris    3 posts   Re: Topic 7 DQ 1  Proper dissemination of an evidence-based practice project is key to its success. While evidence-based practices are continually being developed and studied, the results may not be looked at if not given attention by the right people (Harris, et al., 2011). That is what makes it so important to know who the information is given to. In my evidence-based practice project the internal method of disseminating my work will be to discuss it with the staff at the Calhoun County Public Health Department (CCPHD). This is the facility I will be targeting when it comes to discussing changes in lead levels in children. They will be able to review the material and discuss it to see if there are any practice changes or education which needs to happen with their client base after the material is given to them. When talking with CCPHD I would have a better chance of discussing things with them face to face. This would make things more personal and it would allow for questions to be answered.  The external method I would use to help facilitate in disseminating my material would be the Michigan Department of Public Health. I could present the information to them at a State level to see if they may be interested in any practice changes. There is a rather large push in the State regarding lead as there has been so much exposure since the Flint Water Crisis, any new and relevant information regarding lead and its health effects would be welcome. I believe initially I would start with an email in order to communicate with the State of Michigan hoping for a response which could lead to a meeting with those involved in the State Lead Program.  Reference  Harris, J., Cheadle, A., Hannon, P., Forehand, M., Lichiello, P., Mahoney, E., …Yarrow, J. (2011). A  framework for disseminating evidence-based health promotion practices. Prev Chronic Dis,  2012;9:110081. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110081.

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