Nursing Council and Committee Accomplishments
Co-Chair: Aimee Donohue
Facilitator: Paul Kariuki
Pain
• Performed chart audits every month.
• Medication administration per pain scale > 90%.
• Pain assessment and reassessment: Increased by 5%.
Chair: Merri Lynn Anderson
Co-Chair: Devie Gardner
Facilitator: Jamie Peterson
• Created conduit between the local informatics council with the
Health System Nursing Clinical Decision Team for 2-way
dissemination of information and input.
• Rolled out nursing flowsheet macros in Epic hospital-wide to
decrease nursing burden of documentation.
• Rolled out Epic integration with Masimo vital signs monitors for all
inpatient units and emergency department.
Informatics
