Healthcare kaizen The Sugges)on Box is Dead… But Staff Improvement Ideas Live On

Six Sigma Project Adapted from: “The Toyota” Way Fieldbook, Liker and Meier Lean Event Daily Kaizen... Make your work easier 2.. Make your work more interesting 3.. Before After Taki

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Six Sigma Project

Adapted from: “The Toyota” Way Fieldbook, Liker and Meier

Lean Event

Daily Kaizen

cornerstone

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AJN Report: The Other Side of Mandatory Overtime Roxanne Nelson BSN, RN

Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, editorial director AJN, American Journal of Nursing

April 2008, Volume 108 Number 4, Pages 23 - 24

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1.  Make your work easier

2.  Make your work more

interesting

3.  Develop your skills &

capabilities

Norman Bodek

Ideas

Improvements

Before After

Taking time digging through the bucket on top

of the crash cart to try to find the correct size

blood pressure cuffs This can be problematic

during an EHART® when you want to get a

blood pressure (BP) in a hurry so that you can

get medications in the patients

Place a small strip of Velcro® brand hook and loop fasteners on the wall with different sizes of BP cuffs Staff is able to quickly visualize the different sized cuff and get the proper size for the patient, and the blood pressure can be obtained quicker

The Effect

Improved quality of care and faster response to the needs of the patient in an acute setting

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Before Lean 12 Months

After Starting Lean

3 I have the opportunity to do what I do

best every day 3.11 3.92

8 I feel free to make suggestions for

10 I feel secure in my job 2.32 3.42

13 Stress at work is manageable 2.43 3.23

17 I am satisfied with the lab as a place

18 I would recommend my work area as

a good place to work to others 2.38 3.46

Grand Average 2.96 3.69

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