Melissa Plummer, DNP, MHI, RN
Staff Nurse/ Education Assistant Coordinator/ RN Onboarding Specialist
St. Catherine University Legacy Health System
Melissa Plummer is a registered nurse working in Emergency Department and Trauma settings in Portland, Oregon for the past 19 years. In 2017, she was honored with the National Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses. In 2021 she became a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Healthcare Informatics from St. Catherine University. Using her skills and knowledge, she takes a more critical and global look at current nursing practice and sees opportunities to provide more equitable, effective, and safe health care.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

AbstractPurpose: A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) project was aimed at improving emergency department (ED) registered nurses (RN) and techs documentation of blood and urine specimen collection using the electronic health record (EHR) specimen collection documentation (SCD) flowsheets. Methods: ED RNs and techs were provided with documentation improvement training in the form of a short video, SCD tip sheets, and at-the-elbow training sessions. The Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) framework was utilized to monitor iterative change over time and reinforce training. At baseline and during each…