Annual Nursing Update - Intermountain Healthcare

s a m p l e o f 2 0 0 6Nursing Research ProjectsR e p l i c at i o n S t u d ythat interact on that unit.. . . 84 6 . .... .P r av i k o f f, Ta n n e r a n d P i e r c eIn 2006, Intermountain set out to find out the level of knowledge nurses had relative to researchcomponents. Using a tool developed by Pravikoff, Tanner, and Pierce, nurses throughout the corporationwere invited to participate. In our corporation, 1,121 nurses chose to participate in the survey, comparedto 3,000 nurses nationally in the original survey. The data from the study is still being analyzed, and theplan is to use the findings to direct the activities of the corporate nursing research committee.R o b e rt W o o d J o h n s o nN at i o n a l T i m e i n M o t i o n S t u d yThe Urban South Region was involved as a site in a national Robert Wood Johnson study toevaluate how Med/Surg nurses spend their time. The 6th Floor at Utah Valley was one of 25 unitsacross the nation participating in the survey. The study involved 80 percent of nurses on the unit.In late January, some of the participants were invited to San Francisco where the results were discussedand a planning session convened to determine the best way to move forward. In February 2007,the Robert Wood Johnson Corporation visited the unit and presented their findings to all staffE va l u at i o n o f t h e E m e r g e n c y S e v e r i t y I n d e xf o r P e d i at r i c T r i a g e ( E S I v. 4 )The Emergency Severity Index is a well-researched tool in adult populations, but has never beenresearched for pediatrics. This national study involves seven facilities where reliability and validityof the index is being performed — Primary Children’s Medical Center is participating.