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Executive_Summary.docx(1) Executive Summary Grand Canyon University: Nursing Leadership and Management Executive Summary Hourly rounding is when nurses will check on their patients once an hou... r to address patient needs such as eating, positional changes, pain management, and bathroom assistance. Additional assessments that nurses can do in this time are visual scans of the room to ensure safe pathways that are free from clutter, properly functioning medical equipment, and the patients personal items and call button are within reach. Hourly rounding can lead to positive patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and better time management for nurses (Shepard, 2013). The purpose of the quality improvement initiative. Hospitals can be a very stressful experience for patients due to painful procedures, surprising diagnoses, and being placed in a dependent role. This puts patients in a physical and emotional vulnerable place where requesting for assistance for things such as repositioning or with elimination is unfamiliar and is unfortunately their new normal. With the unfamiliarity or the environment and the required assistance needed, hourly rounding for nurses can be used to address basic patient needs while also addressing patient safety and patient satisfaction (Mitchell, 2014). The target population or audience. The target population with this quality improvement initiative are the patients. The goal of the quality improvement initiative is to increase patient satisfaction while simultaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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