Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center successfully completed a Geriatric Surgery Verification survey from the American College of Surgeons.
Geriatric Surgical Nurse Champions promoted evidence-based practices in caring for older surgical patients, educated their peers on these best practices, led quality improvements efforts, and engaged in professional development and ongoing education related to the care of older surgical patients. They have helped improve completion rates of delirium screening with the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and completion of the sleep assessment.