Joyce
Rudenick,
DNP, MAHS, RN-BC
Assistant Professor at St. Catherine University
St. Catherine University
Joyce Rudenick, DNP, MAHS, RN-BC, has been a nurse in a variety of settings. She has led multiple Quality Improvement (QI) projects. Since 2016, she teaches nursing informatics courses in her role as Assistant Professor at St. Catherine University. She mentors DNP students as they plan, implement, evaluate, and disseminate QI projects. Her scholarship focuses on advancing nursing education in informatics and quality and safety through evidence based practices. Joyce is a post-doctoral fellow in the Veterans Administration Quality Scholars (VAQS) at the Minneapolis VA Health Center. VAQS is a multi-site, national program developing QI leaders for over 20 years.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Interprofessional barriers negatively impacted the delivery of coordinated services and quality of care in a public health nurse (PHN) and licensed alcohol drug counselor (LADC) Collaborative serving chemically dependent pregnant women in a rural county of Minnesota. The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to reduce collaboration barriers for the PHN and LADC Collaborative through implementation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) TeamSTEPPS team-training program and communication tools. Methods:The project site was a community health…