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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"fall reduction"”.
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Fall Reduction with Nursing Interventions
… aim of the project is to reduce the patient’s fall rate in the medical surgical unit at an acute care hospital through improving the fall precaution process. </strong>The unit consists of 37 bed with a population of stroke, medical, and surgical patients. The focus of the nursing staff …
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FALL REDUCTION ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT
… objective of this project is to reduce patient falls by 25% at the end of September 2018 on the medical-surgical unit. Another objective is to retrain staff on fall prevention measures. The medical-surgical unit provides care to patients who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical issues. …
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Data Aggregation Reporting Tool for Implementation in Home Health Fall Reduction Program
… <p><strong> </strong>Falls are a major preventable problem in healthcare that affects people of all ages but disproportionately affects the frail and elderly. Fall reduction programs play a significant role in reducing falls and fall related injuries and are a critical …
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"Call Before You Fall"
… for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) have prioritized reduction of inpatient falls as a patient safety goal. An improvement project utilizing the model for improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles was conducted on a 40-bed unit that provides care to cardiac, and medical-surgical patients. The …
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Fall Prevention in the Inpatient Setting
<p>Fall Prevention in the Inpatient Setting Abstract</p> <p>This project focuses on patient and family fall prevention education through an educational brochure. 4South is a mixed medical/surgical and medical/surgical-telemetry unit, specializing in dialysis and stroke patients. Since January 2017, …
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Patient Care Sitter Reduction and Fall Safety Improvement
… patients from harm, particularly from accidental falls. This reality creates an opportunity where significant budget savings can be achieved by supplanting the use of patient care sitters with more effective fall prevention strategies. This quality improvement (QI) project implemented a …