Interprofessional Collaboration to Improve Sepsis Care and Survival Within a Tertiary Care Emergency Department

This project demonstrates that sepsis education and team collaboration are an integral part of identifying and treating patients with sepsis. An interprofessional collaborative approach could be implemented in other institutions to combat the life-threatening complications of sepsis.Contribution to Emergency Nursing Practice
- Building an interprofessional collaborative team around a disease-specific process, such as sepsis, was a successful strategy for solving a complex clinical problem.
- Creating and utilizing a sepsis management tool to guide practice for emergency department health care providers was the key to success.
- Implementing care in the emergency department according to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommendations improved patient outcomes.