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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Learning Objective 1: broaden domain of safe robotic operating room practices.
Learning Objective 2: apply new-found knowledge to daily clinical nursing practices.
Major advancements have been made with regards to surgical procedures. Robotic surgery has assisted surgeons to make minimally invasive surgical techniques offer new options and excitement for many patients undergoing various surgical procedures. A Cochrane search was performed and published data on robot-assisted procedures were limited. Most data obtained was for urologic and hysterectomies. The objective is to determine if patients undergoing robotically assisted surgeries are experiencing faster recovery time, less blood loss, less pain, and better patient outcomes than those undergoing traditional or open surgeries. Results showed that there are limited studies out there to support our research question. The conclusion is there needs to be more studies done across the surgery spectrum to determine if we are meeting our surgery patients’ goals of a faster recovery time, less blood loss, less pain, and better patient outcomes when compared to those undergoing traditional or open surgeries. One further evaluation that needs done is safety. Is safety one of the main concerns when we place our patient under the robotic “knife”?
Baseline Data to test Effectiveness
Chart Data
QI Data
Risk Management Data
Other databases within hospital/clinic
Data Analysis
Resources
What will we need
Time
Money
People
materials
Dissemination of Project Plan
Who do we tell
What do we tell them
Who is going to tell the story
Time Line
Who, what, when, and how long?
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