Vol VII, Jul `05 | State Spotlight: Pennsylvania |
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 Vol VII, Jul `05 As pioneers in the Partnership, these facilities are always the first to do everything: complete the eligibility paperwork, undergo training, implement the CPGs, and collect data. To learn from their experiences, Marcia Yesko, the Pennsylvania nurse coordinator, recently conducted a short paper survey of facilities in her state. The goal of Marcia’s survey was to collect data about the time and resources required to participate in the study. She asked participants to estimate the number of person-hours devoted to the project tasks. One of the most interesting results of the survey was the wide range of responses, which reflect the various ways that nursing homes incorporate CPG implementation into their existing work. For example, one nursing home included all weekly meetings by the skin assessment team. At first, study staff thought of this response as an outlier; the nursing home would have spent the time and resources on skin assessment regardless of whether or not they participated in our study. On second thought, however, our intention is to give nursing homes the information and tools they need to change their routine care processes related to pain or pressure ulcers. With that goal in mind, it makes perfect sense that CPG implementation would be incorporated into pre-existing processes like skin care meetings |
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