Rush nurses exemplify professional excellence, ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care. With a relentless drive to improve, they continuously seek innovative solutions and better ways to meet the evolving needs of those they serve.
Accurate Mental Status Scoring, Key to Reducing Falls
Rush nursing teams have reduced falls through increased education regarding the Morse Fall Scale, with a concentration on mental status.
Building Patient Satisfaction Through Improved Communication with Patients and Families
Patient satisfaction improved by working to streamline processes to ensure proactive communication regarding schedule changes.
Honor Roll Success: Door-to-Treatment Time in Stroke Patients Reduced
Because of the comprehensive stroke program's strong interprofessional collaboration to implement evidence-based interventions and streamline care processes, the team achieved honor roll success of “elite” status.
Leveraging Nurse Triage Roles to Improve Care Access, Timeliness and Effectiveness
Telephone triage is vital to the Rush strategic plan, which includes the pillars of health equity, growth and reach, people, quality and safety, and financial strength.
Emergency Department Triage Nurse Supports Patient Satisfaction, Care Efficiency and Effectiveness
Well-designed triage systems with knowledgeable, skilled, empowered triage nurses are central to reducing patient morbidity and mortality, improving patient satisfaction and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of ED services.
Uniting Forces: A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Door-to-Needle Efficiency for Acute Stroke
After implementation of the bundle, door-to-needle times were significantly reduced, and communication has been much improved.