The perioperative nurse manager and the postoperative unit manager are concerned about the increasing number of surgical infections in their hospital. What action by the managers is best?
a. Audit charts to see if the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) outcomes were met.
b. Encourage staff on both units to provide peer pressure to adhere to hand hygiene policy.
c. Hold educational meetings with the nursing and surgical staff on infection prevention.
d. Monitor staff on both units for consistent adherence to established hand hygiene practices.
ANS: A
The SCIP project contains core measures that are mandatory for all surgical clients and focuses on preventing infection, serious cardiac events, and venous thromboembolism. The managers should start by reviewing charts to see if the guidelines of this project were implemented. The other actions may be necessary too, but first the managers need to assess the situation.
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