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NTI Abstracts| April 01 2023 2023 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts Crit Care Nurse (2023) 43 (2): e1–e42. https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2023361 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation 2023 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts. Crit Care Nurse 1 April 2023; 43 (2): e1–e42. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2023361 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCritical Care Nurse Search Advanced Search Stephanie Williams, Christine Humphrey; Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, OH The purpose of this Clinical Scene Investigator project was to increase patient safety, patient-centered care, communication of correct dosage of loading dose (LD), and timely administration of maintenance dose (MD) of antiplatelet therapy after cardiac catheterization to decrease the risk of stent occlusion and/or myocardial reinfarction. Patients in the coronary care unit at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital who are undergoing a cardiac catheterization receive an LD of antiplatelet therapy and an MD after a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as a stent or angioplasty. Of those patients, 13.6% were not receiving their first MD according to therapeutic guidelines, because of inconsistency with LD administration and/or documentation, MD administration and/or documentation, and multiple methods of communicating the LD. There were also several areas in which the LD was documented, including: (1) medication administration record (MAR); (2) catheterization laboratory (cath lab)... Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
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