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C Lane

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Leg ulcer care: an audit of cost-effectiveness.

Our objective was to establish an audit mechanism to determine the cost and effectiveness of leg ulcer care across two Health Authorities. Following identification of all patients with active ulcers over a two-month period, leg ulcer treatment, costs and outcome were prospectively audited over three months. We found that leg ulcer care is currently expensive and appears to be largely ineffective, especially when compared to the community clinic approach.

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Family planning needs of adolescents.

Nurse practitioners working with teenagers need to take into consideration their level of psychosocial development. Examples of how nurse practitioners can provide family planning care to teenage clients based on their development are given. Two services, one center for young adolescents and one for college-age adolescents, are described.

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Principles of continuous quality improvement applied to intravenous therapy.

Documentation of the application of the principles of continuous quality improvement (CQI) to the health care setting is crucial for understanding the transition from traditional management models to CQI models. A CQI project was designed and implemented by the IV Therapy Department at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to test the application of these principles to intravenous therapy and as a learning tool for the entire organization. Through a prototype inventory project, significant savings in cost and time were demonstrated using check sheets, flow diagrams, control charts, and other statistical tools, as well as using the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. As a result, a primary goal, increased time for direct patient care, was achieved. Eight hours per week in nursing time was saved, relationships between two work areas were improved, and $6,000 in personnel costs, storage space, and inventory were saved.

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