In hospitalized patients, call light systems have become the most effective form of communication with their healthcare providers. An active device such as the call light, is supposed to be a critical component of patient safety as well as satisfying the patient’s request. In researching articles, many problems were described in how the patient’s perception of effective communication with healthcare workers played a vital role in the patient’s use of call lights. Other articles researched had shown how fast nurses responded to call lights, patients’ lack of education on hospital equipment, and how responding in a timely manner will satisfy the patient’s request and provide a better survey rating. The team identified their problem as call
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While discussing the articles related to the evidence-based topic, a PICO question was formatted. The PICO question that was formatted was, “In hospitalized adult patients, does patient call light education decrease the amount of time to satisfying the patient’s request?” Within this evidence-based project, the team will discuss when to educate the patient on call light use to improve patient safety, compare various research on how fast nurses are supposed to answer call lights, new call light technology that will help patients with barriers, and how answering a patient’s call light will satisfy the patient’s request and provide a better outcome for the hospital …show more content…
Educating and teach back has been an effective tool when it comes to discharging patients; however, what could prevent it from being effective upon admitting a patient to the unit? According to Tamura-Lis (2013), everyone in the healthcare field profits from passing on good, concise information. So, if the patients were actually taught how to properly operate the call light and how to make requests, the time between the patient calling and the nurse or patient care assistant responding should decrease. As Vagas, Chuana, & Lee mentioned in their research study, knowledge deficit or how much a person understands plays a major effect on patient participation and compliance (2014). Allowing the patient to teach back on call light education allows the patient to demonstrate and verbalize if he or she has effective teaching before the nurse leaves the
While discussing the articles related to the evidence-based topic, a PICO question was formatted. The PICO question that was formatted was, “In hospitalized adult patients, does patient call light education decrease the amount of time to satisfying the patient’s request?” Within this evidence-based project, the team will discuss when to educate the patient on call light use to improve patient safety, compare various research on how fast nurses are supposed to answer call lights, new call light technology that will help patients with barriers, and how answering a patient’s call light will satisfy the patient’s request and provide a better outcome for the hospital …show more content…
Educating and teach back has been an effective tool when it comes to discharging patients; however, what could prevent it from being effective upon admitting a patient to the unit? According to Tamura-Lis (2013), everyone in the healthcare field profits from passing on good, concise information. So, if the patients were actually taught how to properly operate the call light and how to make requests, the time between the patient calling and the nurse or patient care assistant responding should decrease. As Vagas, Chuana, & Lee mentioned in their research study, knowledge deficit or how much a person understands plays a major effect on patient participation and compliance (2014). Allowing the patient to teach back on call light education allows the patient to demonstrate and verbalize if he or she has effective teaching before the nurse leaves the