CRRT Nursing Education Program: Impact on Filter Life and Cost Theresa Mottes, RN University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital April 8, 2010
Program Redesign ► Comprehensive Program Assessment Patient Activity ► Patient/Year; CRRT Days; Trends Cost Metrics ► Supplies; Staff Time Nursing Education Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Nursing Time Studies
Current State ► Patient/year ► 300 – 350 Days/year ► $96,064 (US)/year Supplies Direct staff time
Current State ► Filter Life Mean Filter Life 42.2 hours ( <1 to 98) Mean filters/treatment 4.75 (1-21) ► Incident Rate for Adverse Events Adverse Event defined as hypotension, bradycardia, de-saturation requiring medical intervention Mean 0.85/treatment ( ) ► 0.18/initation ( )
Current State ► Education Program Established new user class No infrastructure for ongoing/advanced education Challenges with low volume/high technology ► Nursing Overall Comfort and Specific Knowledge ► Comfort Score – 3.7 (1-5) ► CRRT Principles - 60% ► Circuit Pressures – 76%
Filter Life ► CRRT Filter Life – 168 Filters (Previous Year) Filter Life > 72 hour – Only 34 (20%) ► Root Cause Analysis of Filter Life < 72 hour 31 unpreventable 113 potentially preventable (67%) 68 correlated to alarms and interventions (40%)
Extending Filter Life Benefits 15 % Improvement 12% Reduction 68 % Improvement 41% Reduction
Extending Filter Life Benefits 15% - $14,000 Saving Overall - $45,000 Saving
Nursing Education ► Define nursing roles and responsibilities Initiator Role Preceptor Role Bedside Role ► Define behaviors and associated skills Competent; Proficient; Expert ► Develop ongoing education for nurse to advance clinical skills and confidence Annual – Bedside Semiannual - Initiator ► Track nurses progression to advanced skill level
Nursing Education ► Education process Simulation Technology ► Allows for integration of knowledge into practice Scenarios based on identified targeted roles, knowledge gaps, patient safety reports and nurses suggestions ► Scenarios re-evaluated annually 4 scenarios – 10 minutes Debriefing – Review scenarios, responses and potential future topics
Nursing Survey Results
Relative reduction of 46%
Average increase of >13h (32%)
Conclusion ► 31% (13 hr) improvement in Filter Life Improvement in Nursing Scores in all areas 46% Reduction in Filter Loss for Unknown ► 28% Reduction in Cost All training done budget neutral ► 22% reduction in potential adverse events Nursing education using innovative simulation techniques improves the delivery of CRRT while reducing cost.
Acknowledgements ► Tom Shanley and David Kershaw ► Matthew Niedner ► Tonie Owens, Alyssa Akers-Nowicki and Julie Juno ► Mike Heung