Preventing Perioperative Peripheral Nerve Injury in Surgical Patients using Clinical Decision Support
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Peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) are an adverse complication from surgery. This quality project has four objectives: 1) Raise the awareness of peripheral nerve injury for operating room (OR) nurses; 2) implement a decision support screen to assist in the patient assessment and offer evidence-based interventions; 3) improve the nursing documentation of patient positioning; and 4) decrease the overall incidence of PN
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