Fighting Sepsis: Nurses Leading the Charge
Recorded On: 05/11/2021
Description:
From community to bedside to process improvement, nurses play an essential role in efforts to improve survival and quality of life for pediatric sepsis patients. Nursing leaders Cheryle Aizley and Clare Komugisha have risen to the challenge as the 2020 winners of the Erin’s Campaign for Kids Nursing Award. This program highlights the work of these exemplary nurses and, who through their dedication to improving sepsis care, have transformed teams and brought about measurable change. Discover how they have leveraged collaborative partnerships including those with caregivers, data-driven efforts, and team-based education strategies to improve recognition, timely care, and post-discharge safety of pediatric sepsis patients across their respective institutions as well as across varied communities at large.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Describe nurse-led, team-based approaches to rapid sepsis recognition and response;
- Examine the continuation of sepsis interventions from admission through discharge;
- Discuss opportunities for collaboration to improve pediatric sepsis care.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Cheryle Aizley, BSN, MSN-PNP
Pediatric Specialist at the Center for Professional Development, Innovation and Research
Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Cheryle Aizley is one of two US-based Erin’s Campaign for Kids 2020 Pediatric Nurse Award Recipients. She is a Pediatric Specialist at the Center for Professional Development, Innovation and Research at the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Her work involves implementing an interdisciplinary pediatric sepsis code across her hospital.
Clare Komugisha, RN, MPH
Research Supervisor
Walimu
Clare Komugisha is the 2020 Erin’s Campaign for Kids International Pediatric Nurse Award Recipient. She is a Research Supervisor at Walimu, an organization focused on healthcare quality improvement based in Kampala, Uganda. Her works involves reducing the risk of morbidity and mortality for pediatric patients who have been recently discharged from the hospital after sepsis diagnosis and treatment.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.5 contact hours. Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 contact hours.
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