Improving Patient Outcomes through Preoperative Nursing Education

Poster Category: 
Evidence-Based Practice
Lauren Liu
BSN, RN
UCSF Health

 

CN III Cancer Center Nurse Navigator Matters: 

  • 10/2023 - Sleeted to attend the 2023 Annual Magnet Conference 
  • 7/2023 -Written Immunotherapy Patient Education and approved by UCSF Patient Education Committee 
  • 4/2023 - Selected to present Patient Education at the 2023 AAACN Annual Conference 
  • 3/2023 - UCSF Clinical Inquiry. Poster Presentation 
  • 10/2022 - UCSF 6th Improvement Symposium. Poster Presentation 
  • 2/2022 to present - Collaborated with Cancer Insights, an AI software company, and created an application to streamline often burdensome administrative tasks associated with retrieving, sorting, organizing, and summarizing patient records. I designed the product's content, language, and appearance. 
  • 12/2021 - My ceramic work has been exhibited in the UCSF MB hall to support UCSF Art for Recovery 
  • 9/2021 - Obtained CN III 
  • 4/2021 - I was pointed to help build Dr. Ajay Maker, the chief of surgical oncology's Melanoma Surgery practice 
  • 9/2021 - Written Pre/Post-Op Patient Education and approved by UCSF Patient Education Committee 
  • 9/202I - Partnered with leadership and created RN patient education schedule template 
  • 5/2020 - I partnered with the Cancer Center Patient Education Department and established the Cancer Canter Patient Education Council 
  • 5/2020 - Coauthor "A COVID-19 screening tool for oncology telephone triage" 
  • 10/2019 - Create and innovate on efficacy workflow for New Patient Work Flow. After four months, the volume of Uro Surg Onc patients waiting to be scheduled decreased from over 400 to less than 25, and time to organizing reduced from up to 2 months to 1-5 days. 

Member and secretary: Cancer Center Patient Education Council Cancer Center Shared Governance Council Cancer Center Nurse Navigator Council UCSF Triage Committee UCSF Magenta Champion Council ESMO AAACN Insights: As I am continuing to deliver my best interest to my work. I found myself engrossed in both patient care and efficient workflow. I'm driven to turn innovative ideas into realities, and I am always looking to build on current processes and discover strategies for improvement.