D031 Decreased Wait Times in The Emergency Department College of Health Professions, Western Governors University D031: Advancing Evidence-Based Innovation in Nursing Practice (18pages)

Decrease Wait Times in The Emergency Department In this paper we will discover how to decrease wait times in the Emergency Department. We will implement the process of change by doing pre-approved protocol on patients in the lobby. Protocols are standard orders the physicians put in place for each patient health complaint. Completing these protocols will give the doctors results of labs, electrocardiogram, Xray, and other test specific to the complaint, prior to seeing the patient. This will decrease the wait times in the Emergency Department. Protocol Patients While Waiting Role of Innovative Nurse Leader As innovators, the Registered Nurse act as agents of change in driving processes of policy and leveraging technology that impacts both care delivery and those who deliver care. The change includes development of nurse led innovations, policy to support innovations, and input in the innovation process. The knowledge and skills needed to be successful in this role are as follows. communication skills, decision making skills, attention to detail, confidence in skill set, adaptability and flexibility, endurance, organizational skills, teamwork, diplomatic skills, leadership skills, multitasking skills (Williams, Baker, Evans, Lucatorto, Moss, O’Sullivan, Seifert, Siek, Thomas & Zittel, 2016). The connection of the nurse innovator to my proposal is we are responsible for implementing the process, monitoring the process, and evaluating the process biweekly for success. The rationale for proposing this innovation is to decrease wait times in the emergency department. Utilizing this change will improve door to doctor times,