Our project has been very challenging yet interesting as we further discover the importance of maintain and documenting adequate input and output. Tools such as the automated urine output device showed to be helpful in reducing time while providing an accurate urine output. This device could be used throughout health care as the urge to document an accurate urine output increase. The workload for the nurses can be diminished using devices to help with urine output. I was surprised during our research period how difficult it can be to accurately document a patient’s urine output. This could be due to various reasons such as being over worked and fatigued, forgetting to do so, and the patient is not compliant with this process. An easy way to combat this is to document the urine output as soon as it is collected. This is to reduce the documentation errors that can be made when doing so. Education is also a key part we discovered during our research. This is because if the patient and nurse are educated on the importance of urine output, then positive outcomes can come from obtaining and documenting accurate measurements.
This project has made me think of how important it is to trend urine output as it can relate to cardiac and kidney function in a wide variety of populations. There were minimal revisions that we needed to make in our final proposal. We precisely and efficiently described our methods, findings, and evaluating our plan through our use of extensive research. With this, our project does propose a positive change in the health care industry by strengthening the accuracy of urine output. This use of new devices can happen anywhere and can change the way this process is done in nursing. It will be important to familiarize yourself with these devices and accurately documenting urine output, especially in acute patients.
The process that went into this project was a very well thought out one. We discussed regularly as a group what we wanted to do and how we wanted to execute it. Our team has an immense amount of success through this project. Our research plan set us up with success as we each found an article and went through each one to find the best ones for our project. We went in depth with each article to examine what they testes and the outcomes that came with that. With success comes challenges. Writing out and formulating our thought into a short and precise proposal was challenging. We each had different ideas and thoughts we wanted to include. We had to work through these and formulate the best product that we could. When doing our project, we listened to what each person had to say and tried to incorporate everyone’s views into our project. Communication was the biggest part that allowed us to be successful.
