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What? Not Another Fall!: Reducing Falls In The Neuroscience Patient Population, Elizabeth Plante

Nursing Posters

The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to reduce the fall rate from 5.52 to less than 4.80 on a Neuroscience/Spine Unit through increasing staff and patient awareness of fall risk and application of evidence-based fall prevention practices of communication, patient involvement and bedside report.

Reducing Falls In The Neuroscience Patient Population, Elizabeth Plante

Nursing Posters

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to reduce the fall rate from 5.52 to less than 4.80 on a Neuroscience/Spine Unit through increasing staff and patient awareness of fall risk and application of evidence-based fall prevention practices of communication, patient involvement and bedside report.

Reduced Cost And Decreased Length Of Stay Associated With Acute Ischemic Stroke Care Provided By Nurse Practitioners: A Single Primary Stroke Center Experience, Leah Roering Np, Michelle Peterson Np, Muhammad Shah Miran Md, Melissa Freese, Kenneth Shea Md, M Fareed K. Suri Md

Nursing Posters

Nurse practitioner (NP) have a wider role in modern stroke centers providing quality evidence based care to patients with both in and outpatient settings for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients. We studies the outcome measures, length of stay (LOS) and cost before and after implementation of nurse practitioners as the primary medical provider in a community based stroke center.