Run one PDSA on hourly rounding
Draft a complete one-shift PDSA test for a nursing workflow problem.
Evening call lights spike and the current hourly rounding habit fails during admissions, meals, and family updates. Model for Improvement: aim, measures, change idea, and PDSA learning cycle. Common trap: announcing "round better" without testing where the work actually breaks. Plan Aim: reduce 18:00-20:00 call lights from six high-use rooms by 25% this week. Test: two-person rounding sweep at 17:45. The plan is small, timed to the failure pattern, and tied to a measurable aim. Do Run the sweep on one evening with one charge nurse and one tech, recording missed rooms and interruptions. The test happens in the real…
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