“Getting to Zero” – Safer Care Learning session 2 Pre-work

1. “Getting to Zero” – Safer CareLearning session 2Pre-work

2. Tell us about you pilot unit • Tell us about your ward/care setting. The specialty, the patients you serve, workload, key challenges

3. Your team • Teamwork is such an important aspect of improving care. • Tell us about your team (consider the wider multi-disciplinary team), include photos • What are you most proud of?

4. Tell us about your aim for improving frontline care? • How good do you want to be and by when? e.g. • We want to reduce avoidable pressure ulcers on out ward by…% by March 2011 • We want to reduce falls/CAUTI by…% • Improve Patients experience of care to >95% of patient willing to recommend the ward? • All of the above and more??

5. Baseline data • Please include your baseline pressure ulcer incidence/falls data/safety cross data/ patient experience scores if possible • Tell us your compliance with Risk assessment pu/falls • (to do this randomly select five patients case notes on your unit and check whether risk assessment was completed on admission) If 4 out of five were completed your compliance is 80%-3=60% 2=40% etc

6. Safety CrossPrior to the learning session please complete the safety cross on your ward (please see guidance for using the Safety Cross)

7. Safety CrossPrior to the learning session please complete the safety cross on your ward (please see guidance for using the Safety Cross)

8. Challenges & Successes • Tell us what challenges you have faced/still face when trying to improve patient care?

9. Review at your last few Pressure Ulcer Incidents/Falls acquired in your ward/unit/care setting • Tell us: What did you learn? • Were there any surprises? • What will you do differently?

10. What TESTS of change/PDSA’s have you tried for Intentional Rounding?

11. What did you learn from the PDSA’S What will you do next?

12. What do you hope to achieve from your participation in this programme?