Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice Project to Increase Hospital-Based Cervical Cancer Screening Compliance

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice Project to Increase Hospital-Based Cervical Cancer Screening Compliance

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Lynn Anita Richards McDonald, DNP RN , GYN/OB, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Discipline: Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • After reviewing the poster, the learner will understand the constructs of the PARIHS framework
  • After reviewing the poster, the learner will understand the clinical problem at this academic medical center
  • After reviewing the poster, the learner will be able to identify the strategic methods used to obtain the outcomes in this project

    • Submission Description:
    An academic medical center (AMC) in Maryland initiated a cervical cancer screening program in 1977 in compliance with a Maryland cervical cancer screening law. An educational program was developed to increase compliance by the patient service coordinator (PSC) who conducts registration and screening when a patient is admitted to the AMC. The results reveal there was an increase in screening compliance among the registration staff which can positively impact staff ability to screening inpatient women

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