Comprehensive Report: Nursing Innovation and Audit in Clinical Care

This report delves into the critical aspects of nursing innovation and auditing within the healthcare sector. It begins by defining evidence-based practice (EBP) and emphasizing the role of a nurse associate (NA) in its implementation. The report then explores various facets of nursing innovation, highlighting its significance in enhancing patient care and satisfaction. A significant portion is dedicated to the AVPU (Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive) scale, detailing its functionality, the recent updates including a new color scheme and the COVID-19 update, and its impact on improving patient safety and care. The report concludes by summarizing key findings and emphasizing the importance of auditing in healthcare. References are also provided to support the information and findings discussed in this report.

INNOVATION AND AUDIT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
 The role of a Nurse associate (NA) and the importance of EBP in practice
 Nursing innovation
 Auditing in clinical care
 Nursing innovation – AVPU
 How does AVPU work?
 What does the updated AVPU include?
 How has AVPU enhanced patient safety and care?
 References

WHAT IS EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE (EBP)?
Evidence bases practice is judicious as well as conscientious utilization
of current based evidence in combination of patient vales and clinical
expertise as to have guidance in decisions associated to health care.

THE ROLE OF A NURSE ASSOCIATE (NA) AND
THE IMPORTANCE OF EBP IN PRACTICE
The role of a Nurse associate:
The main role of Nurse associate is to deliver high quality services and work with
people of all age groups.
 The job assists with overcoming any issues between medical services associates and
enlisted Nurses
What is the importance of Nursing in EBP?
 Quality improvement
 Offering educating to students

NURSING INNOVATION
What is Nursing innovation?
It is defined as development of new service, product or process with an aim to enhance
care that has been offered to patients.
Why is Nursing innovation important?
 Improvement in quality of nursing care
 Increase in satisfaction level of patients
It helps in meeting personal and public health care needs and demands.

AUDITING IN CLINICAL
CARE

NURSING INNOVATION – AVPU

HOW DOES AVPU WORK?

WHAT DOES THE UPDATED AVPU
INCLUDE?
 Updated AVPU include new scale range.
 New color scheme
 COVID-19 update on APVU
 Staff member those who are assigned to treat Covid-19 patients must be
aware to increase in scale range of patients at every stage and offer
immediate clinical review.

HOW HAS AVPU ENHANCED PATIENT SAFETY AND
CARE?
 It has been evaluated that with the help of monitoring AVPU and
other vital signs health care professionals can effectively evaluate
the improvement in patient condition and can further determine
worsening in patient care. For example, with the help of AVPU
effective care of patient can be provided by determining their early
warning signs on regular basis.

CONCLUSION
 Evidence based practice importance is being discussed;
 Importance of auditing in health care;
 Report discussed AVPU; and
 Manner in which AVPU enhance patient safety and care.

REFERENCES
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 Nguewo Ngassam, R.G and et. al., 2019. Digital service innovation enabled by the
blockchain use in healthcare: the case of the allergic patients ledger. HAL.