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Knowledge Translation Plan - PDF

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Knowledge Translation Plan 1Knowledge Translation PlanNameInstitutionThe knowledge translation plan is a strategy set up by either a physician, more so the one in charge of a health facility, to ensure secure and improved services in a deteriorating area in the health facility. These areas are usually sensitive since they need focus. When a knowledge translation plan is introduced in a facility, it means that there is a gap that needs to be filled immediately. Examples of knowledge translation plans include: intravenous devices, fail and wound care. For instance, in a situation whereby wound care is the issue of concern, a systemic way of increasing the convenience of wound care will be started and established effectively. Thisdoes not mean that in that heath facility where wound care will be improved did not have that facility. It means that the health facility had that particular facility, but it was not effective. This could have been caused by limited nurses with knowledge on wound care, or less concern on such issues concerning wounds. In most times, a health facility could be providing some facilities, but relax at some point, after being influenced by some factors. These factors may include: irregular visits by patients with wound issues, or the issues of concern, and lack of sufficient knowledge by the nurses or concerned specialists. All these gaps can therefore be translated to knowledge translation plans which can make a facility operate effectively in the future.Wound careWould care is a knowledge transformation plan which takes care of the wellness of patients. It calls for high standards of hygiene, since germs are easily introduced to open wounds. Therefore
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Knowledge Translation Plan 2to ensure that all is well with the patient and the wound, it is advisable that the physicians be trained on how to handle such cases. Hygiene should be the first issue of concern, then dressing(Bridgelal Ram, 2008, pg 70). Safety measures such as the use of gloves while handling, and not just gloves but sterilized gloves should be addressed. In addition, the use of disinfectants must beintroduced in the topic of study, since other specialists are either ignorant or forgetful. Therefore,the importance of introducing an improved wound cleaning service in my clinic is clearly explained before. This plan includes the stake holders, recipients of the change, motivation to change, ability to change, assessment of the knowledge translation plan, the facilitation team, theprevious facilitation experience, level of study and knowledge and the methods used to make the plan a success.The previous facilitation experienceThe previous wound cleaning plan was introduced in my clinic immediately after it commenced. The facility worked well since I had three nurses, who were specialized in patient handling and three doctors too. The staff was efficient since I had no many patients at the beginning. The facility therefore grew and I decided to add more staff. I therefore added two more physicians, who were specialized in different fields. These included the surgery sector, wound and dressing sector, and the circumcision sector. I also added a dentist who worked efficiently. However, it took a short while to recognize that wounds were not healing as soon as possible, that is according to the required time. Wounds were taking too long and the patients had to keep on taking pain killers to relieve pain as they patiently waited for healing. They therefore had hard time dealing with the wounds, since they found it difficult to remain in the clinic until the wounds healed. Circumcision wounds also had burning issues since the victims also complained of intense pain and suffering in addition to being suffering. The wounds seemed to produce pus,
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Knowledge Translation Plan 3which indicated that they had infections. The patients had to be treated until the end of the infection, and that is when the wounds healed. These are some of the challenges which patients and I faced after the introduction of treatment services in my clinic.Stakeholders After realizing that I was making a mistake, or rather something was not right, I decided to investigate further on the ways of solving such issues in clinics. My efforts led me into calling some would dressers, who are experts, and had enough experience on wound cleaning. They were great physicians who had deep knowledge, and hoped for the best after the training. I hired three of them and invited all my seven physicians. We had to include about five non-staff members who were to represent the society, since maintaining a wound is a two way issue. The physician had duties to perform, as well as the patients, so as to create positive results. It was a successful attendance, and everybody was ready to listen to the trainers.Motivation to changeIt is important to maintain the name of a facility. I therefore had to show concern on my suffering patients, who had already started to quit my facility as a result of poor attendance and services. Other facilities were doing well, and therefore all the patients had shifted to those betterfacilities. This issue made me to take an immediate action, which involved the summoning of thenurses and the wound cleaners in the clinic. I had to talk to them concerning the burning issue, since it had spread to the society. Interviewed them at first, and gave them some questionnaires, which they had to fill. I later gathered the information and waited patiently (Chaboyer, 2014, pg 3420). I took another step of distributing the questionnaires to some of the patients, who gave negative feedback. I did not stop at that point, and so I took a further step of dropping slips in a
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Knowledge Translation Plan 4suggestion box. I made it compulsory for each patient, since I had to get enough information. The slips contained a question which required them to give ways of dealing with the burning wound dressing issue, which had become a problem in my clinic. The patients adhered to my calland gave information generously. The information gathered called for quick attendance, since I could not wait for more trouble, I decided to take the action of calling the physicians, as suggested by one of the patients, who was a retired nurse, but a specialist in wound cleaning and dressing.How has this been assessed?The society has responded positive towards the change. It has been a positive response generally,since patients have started to return to the clinic (Mody, 2010, pg 1530). However, I also distributed some suggestion slips in the reception where each patient had to give views on the progress of the improved service which had change .the patients responded positively, and in large numbers. Thereafter, patients resumed, and operations resumed normally, but at a higher rate compared to the previous operation. The surgery rooms were renovated, and hygiene was developed. The surgeons were increased to two; where else the tools used were renewed. All the patients started to recommend the services provided by the clinic, and those who had shifted returned and informed others about the effectiveness of the facility. MethodsNew forms of handling patients were improvised. I printed clinic cards which contained a gap. The gap was supposed to be filled by the patient, according to the requirements (Gagnon, 2009, pg 54). I had asked the patients to rate our services, and provide feedback as to how they were attended. This method became effective and the patients improved tremendously.
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