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Today’s Agenda
1) Roundtable – team updates/discussion
- Where are you at?
- 1 or 2 things you have done to engage other staff and
physicians
- An idea you have heard about that you are going to try
RELEASING TIME TO CARE TEAMS CALL JULY 23, 2014 Todays Agenda 1) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
RELEASING TIME TO CARE TEAMS CALL JULY 23, 2014 Todays Agenda 1) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
RELEASING TIME TO CARE TEAMS CALL JULY 23, 2014 Todays Agenda 1) Roundtable team updates/discussion Where are you at? 1 or 2 things you have done to engage other staff and physicians An idea you have heard about that you are
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What is an Activity Follow?
- It is a one hour detailed recording of activities a
member of the nursing staff undertakes
- It captures the task at hand and the location
where it is performed
- These pieces of information are recorded every
minute during the hour
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Why do an Activity Follow? To be able to understand what:
- Activities are being undertaken by the staff on the unit
- Find out how much time staff are spending on direct
patient care
- Where these activities are taking place
- To find out what may be impinging on these activities, i.e.
interruptions, etc.
Don’t forget the 10-point checklist
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Tools required to do an Activity Follow
- A3 clipboard
- watch with second hand or digital display
- pedometer
- pencil with eraser
- activity follow sheet (A3)
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Tips for doing an Activity Follow
- Observer is a member of the unit staff
- Choose a staff member who is representative of the
unit team
- Ask their permission to follow them
- Communicate to the team and patients that you are
doing a follow for “xxx” hours
- Communicate that this is not judgemental but will
help inform what needs to be improved
- Review the definitions and modify as needed
- Practice
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- At the top of the first minute, the staff
member was collecting a cart from the hallway in order to carry out a procedure
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- At the top of the second minute, the staff
member is looking in the supplies area for the supplies missing from the cart.
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- Auto-calculates direct care time
- Tallies and categorizes interruptions
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Baseline
10% 17% 5% 2% 14% 3% 2% 22% 25% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Motion Administration Handovers Medicine Management Discussion Staff Hygiene Patient Flow Other Direct Care
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After WOW, PSAG, Shift Handovers...
7% 4% 5% 11% 5% 6% 0% 17% 44% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Motion Administration Handovers Medicine Management Discussion Staff Hygiene Patient Flow Other Direct Care
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