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42 Working Nurse l WorkingNurse.com April 27–June 15, 2020 Katie Hughes, RN, MSN, CRRN Chief Nursing Officer Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare One of the most exciting innovations I have seen recently is a wound assessment app that can be loaded onto a nurse's call phone and interfaces with most EMR systems. There are many challenges to good-quality wound assessment and documentation, including variations in wound measurement, the nurse's knowledge and assess- ment skill and the difficulty of uploading images. This app takes detailed 3-D images of the wound; calculates its size, depth and volume; identifies basic wound bed tissue type; and uploads the information directly into the patient's record. Using the app increases the accuracy of assessment and documentation while reducing the time nurses spend doing it. Patricia S. Matos, RN, DNP, NEA-BC Chief Nursing Officer Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital (UCLA Health) On our psychiatric units, patients are supposed to be checked on every 15 minutes. However, we occasionally saw that the checks (which were formerly recorded on paper) were not as timely as they should have been. Last year, we bought an electronic check system; the patient wears a band and the staff must get close enough to the patient for the programmed iPad to register the encounter. Reports are pulled weekly and sent to the manager. These reports document individual staff com- pliance and several other indicators. Since implementing this system, our compliance rates are now consistently high across the board. Robyn M. Nelson, RN, Ph.D., MSN Dean, College of Nursing West Coast University I thought SMART Boards in the classroom were high- tech, but they are almost extinct! The new norm includes roleplaying with gamification, iClickers, augmented reali- ty for anatomy dissection, ebook textbooks that are always up to date, and instant access to new information. Q: What's one new or upcoming practice change or technological innovation that you're especially excited about? How do you think it will affect or transform care at your institution? Exciting Innovations CNO ROUNDTABLE