Abstract

Although dedicated sepsis nurses are beneficial to larger institutions, recruiting and/or economies of scale make the feasibility and affordability of this role much more challenging in smaller community hospitals. This article discusses an approach St. Mary Medical Center used to improve the overall bundle failure rate from 74% to 9% without a dedicated 24/7 sepsis nurse. Although dedicated sepsis nurses are beneficial to larger institutions, recruiting and/or economies of scale make the feasibility and affordability of this role much more challenging in smaller community hospitals. This article discusses an approach St. Mary Medical Center used to improve the overall bundle failure rate from 74% to 9% without a dedicated 24/7 sepsis nurse.

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