Advanced Resuscitation Guidelines Improve Mortality Rates Among Cardiovascular Surgery Patients

In this month's Magnet® Perspectives column, Melanie Roberts, DNP, RN-BC, CNS, CCNS, CCRN, critical care clinical nurse specialist at Medical Center of the Rockies (MCR) and Poudre Valley Hospital, discusses her efforts to implement the state-ofthe-art European Resuscitation Council (ERC) guideline for resuscitation of cardiovascular (CV) surgery patients. Her evidence-based initiative has improved quality of care and mortality rates among the CV surgery population at MCR. Dr Roberts' pioneering work earned her the 2017 National Magnet Nurse of the Year Award for Empirical Outcomes. She shares details of her innovative program and examines the value of implementing practice enhancements in a Magnet environment. She describes the importance of an interdisciplinary team effort to achieve success.