Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p><em> Purpose</em>: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to implement a falls intervention to improve falls on the Medical-Telemetry unit.</p> <p><em>Background</em>: Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur in hospitals every year. Furthermore, approximately 30-35% of these falls result in injury and 11,000 falls result in death (Health Research & Educational Trust, 2016). Falls harm patients, families, and providers. They are also a high cost, as many insurance companies will not reimburse care when a fall occurs. As a hospital organization, it is important to ensure funds are going to the appropriate places. Currently the metropolitan hospital had an increase of 5 falls from 2016 fiscal year to 2017 fiscal year. Through data itemization it appears the current protocol and procedures is not meeting the need to decrease and diminish falls.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Project/Capstone - Global access
- Year dc:date.available
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Taravati, Sahar
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Debra Martinez
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/709
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1738