Dissemination Project
Dissemination Project Proposal PDF
https://files.uneportfolio.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/891/2020/10/EBP-Proposal-1-1.pdf
Reflection on the development, team work, and development of knowledge
The development of this dissemination project ties back to a need that we saw on my clinical groups unit at MaineMed, and in nursing care in general. Pressure Ulcers have always been a longstanding issue in health care, and bundles have been created to mitigate the issue. However, we felt a need to update the bundle with the most recent evidence available and present it to our unit nurses. Our unit manages pressure ulcers prevention well, we just felt the need to introduce newer evidence available on prevention.
We found plenty of resources on the topic since it is such a major issue. However, a lot of articles stated the same pressure ulcer prevention bundles. What we did find was a new method of prevention that was not included in these bundles, the 30 degree method discussed in our proposal. This is what we want to introduce.
When developing this project my team worked very well together. We managed our time well, and were able to meet together with no issues. The work was divided evenly and we all were able to find resources and explain our findings when we met. During the development of the proposal, Sydney was a great team leader. She helped direct ideas and helped us all build upon our own to come together and create this proposal. Overall, I think my team members and I worked really well together.
Dissemination Project Poster
After some reflection on our final dissemination, I found that it went really well for my team and I. We worked great together. We found new evidence, evaluated it, and effectively present the findings to our unit on the thirty degree tilt method and it’s benefits on preventing pressure ulcers. After discussion, the nurses informed us that they do make use of this method using positioning wedges that they can order on the unit. These wedges work well for the bariatric patient population who may be more at risk for developing pressure ulcers compared to using pillows. Essentially, the positioning wedge maintains a perfect thirty degree tilt to help reduce pressure on bony prominences along with aiding with repositioning for the nurses. They have been implementing this method, and have found that it works well with air mattresses too. The nurses informed us that positioning wedges are preferred over traditional pillows because pillows lose their shape over time, where as the positioning wedge does not. However, pillows are usefully for smaller patients because they retain their shape to a certain extent. After the presentation, the nurses stated that they find that this is an important issue to address, and our findings are something that they would implement on their unit.
