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Melanie Jones RN, MSN, CNOR

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HOME	N417 POSUM Tutorial As part of the residency during this program, I created tutorials for three of Duke University Medical Center's computerized applications. The link above shows one of the tutorials. These tutorials were built using Captivate software and then published to flash files. They will be housed on Duke's Knowledge Base and can be used as a self help guide. N413 Preoperative Antibiotic Therapy Database This project was built as a part of the curriculum to learn about database infrastructure. The database consists of forms, tables and reports that compile data on the usage of antibiotics in the preoperative setting. It is currently being used within the hospital setting. The link above takes you to the Microsoft Access database (Microsoft Access must be installed in order to view this database). A requirements document was also created along with this database. To view the document click on the link below. Requirements Document N315 Using PDA Reference Tools during Perioperative Nurse Orientation This is a directed research project completed during this program. Due to the fact that many graduate nurses do not have much education in the perioperative arena, a pilot study was conducted during the orientation of new graduate nurses within the perioperative setting. Reference tools were downloaded to a PDA and the nurse used them during their orientation process. An evaluation tool regarding the usefulness of these reference tools was built into the PDA using Pendragon software. The link at the top refers to the paper that was completed following the study. The following links will lead you to the PDA tool, collected data and graphs that were created from this data Evaluation Tool Raw Data from Research Study Graphs from Research Data N412 Strategic Plan including Action Plan This project involved a pre-implementation evaluation of a perioperative area. This area was moving forward with automated documentation, and our group elected to build a survey tool using Pendragon software to assess their needs as they moved further in this direction. Our project included a detailed strategic plan with action plan which can be viewed using the link above. The links below include the tool and the final paper that were included within the project. Project Plan Project plan and charts Final Paper N409 Medical Terminology Project This project involved the use of mindmapping to create a terminology model for a specific domain within nursing. For this project the medical-surgical domain was chosen. A patient story was written that described the caring of a specific individual. After the story was written, terminology was pulled from this story and entered into a mindmap. The final paper from the above link describes how the terminology was grouped and prioritized. A power point presentation was created from this information and can be found on the presentations page. Click on the link below to view the mindmap (Microsoft Mindmanager must be installed in order to view this map). Medical Surgical Terminology mindmap
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