Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Nurses perceived barriers of using code narrator to document cardiac arrest in the electronic medical record

8^th Cardiovascular Nursing & Nurse Practitioners Meeting

August 08-09, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

Fatima Arastu, Cherie Fontes and Seema Sulemani

Holy Names University, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiology

Abstract :

The nurses perceived barriers to documenting code blues in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in real time in the electronic medical record (EMR) was investigated by a triad of graduate nursing students from Holy Names University. This quality improvement project consisted of a sample size of 111 nurses that completed surveys in April 2016 over a period of two weeks. The survey included demographic data and nine multiple-choice questions that inquired to nurses perceived barriers to using Code Narrator, a program offered through EPIC software; such as lack of standard roles, training and education, and ease of use. The key elements from the survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine the correlation between the perceived barriers and real-time documentation in EMR. Based on these results, investigators formulated a recommendation plan to optimize the use of Code Narrator in ICU. Of the participants surveyed, 70% said that real time documentation during code blues improved patient outcomes. Therefore, accurate and complete documentation of all interventions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is necessary to improve quality outcomes.

Biography :

Email: arastufatima@gmail.com