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Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project.

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Roberts, CL; Meyering, CD; Zychowicz, ME
Published in: Orthopedic nursing
March 2014

Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the Leg Pain Screening and Referral Tool (LPS&RT) for patients presenting with lower extremity leg pain in an outpatient clinic.A total of 46 patients diagnosed with tibia stress fractures.The study employed a pre-/postintervention design. Retrospective and prospective information was collected from an electronic health record to obtain patient data. The pre- and postintervention groups were compared on the number of patients diagnosed with tibia stress fractures. Provider adherence to the treatments recommended by the algorithm was assessed by chart audits postintervention.There was a significant increase (87.5%) in tibia stress fracture diagnosis, from 16 preintervention to 30 postintervention. Provider adherence to the LPS&RT was 93.3% postintervention. Common treatments were activity restriction, oral medication, and/or specialty referrals.The LPS&RT was an effective, uniform measure to standardize the plan of care for tibia stress fractures in one outpatient clinic.

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Orthopedic nursing

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EISSN

1542-538X

ISSN

0744-6020

Publication Date

March 2014

Volume

33

Issue

2

Start / End Page

75 / 83

Related Subject Headings

  • Tibial Fractures
  • Quality Improvement
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Fractures, Stress
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Roberts, C. L., Meyering, C. D., & Zychowicz, M. E. (2014). Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project. Orthopedic Nursing, 33(2), 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000032
Roberts, Cindy L., Christopher D. Meyering, and Michael E. Zychowicz. “Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project.Orthopedic Nursing 33, no. 2 (March 2014): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000032.
Roberts CL, Meyering CD, Zychowicz ME. Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project. Orthopedic nursing. 2014 Mar;33(2):75–83.
Roberts, Cindy L., et al. “Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project.Orthopedic Nursing, vol. 33, no. 2, Mar. 2014, pp. 75–83. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nor.0000000000000032.
Roberts CL, Meyering CD, Zychowicz ME. Improving the management of tibia stress fractures: a collaborative, outpatient clinic-based quality improvement project. Orthopedic nursing. 2014 Mar;33(2):75–83.

Published In

Orthopedic nursing

DOI

EISSN

1542-538X

ISSN

0744-6020

Publication Date

March 2014

Volume

33

Issue

2

Start / End Page

75 / 83

Related Subject Headings

  • Tibial Fractures
  • Quality Improvement
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Fractures, Stress
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing