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Bowel care: implementing changes toward quality improvement.

L M Walker-Dalton
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This article describes the challenges accepted by two healthcare teams at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which impacted significantly upon the practice of nursing. The first healthcare team developed a medium size glycerine suppository ("glycerine bomb"), which was determined to be more effective than the bisacodyl in oil base suppository. The second team evaluated the effectiveness of a suppository of choice ("Magic Bullet") which was approved for use and replaced the "glycerine bomb." The need for a formalized protocol for a bowel care program was identified, developed and implemented. A bowel care program quality improvement monitor was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the protocol. With continuous monitoring, we are challenged to evaluate our findings and restructure our interventions.

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L M Walker-Dalton. 1995. Bowel care: implementing changes toward quality improvement.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7792580/

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