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Predicting The Risk Of Falling With Artificial Intelligence, Ann Aquino
Predicting The Risk Of Falling With Artificial Intelligence, Ann Aquino
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Predicting the Risk of Falling with Artificial Intelligence
Abstract
Background: Fall prevention is a huge patient safety concern among all healthcare organizations. The high prevalence of patient falls has grave consequences, including the cost of care, longer hospital stays, unintentional injuries, and decreased patient and staff satisfaction. Preventing a patient from falling is critical in maintaining a patient’s quality of life and averting the high cost of healthcare expenses.
Local Problem: Two hospitals' healthcare system saw a significant increase in inpatient falls. The fall rate is one of the nursing quality indicators, and fall reduction is a key performance indicator …
Implementation Of An Acute Care For The Elderly (Ace) Unit In A Community Hospital, Kimberly A. Colonnelli
Implementation Of An Acute Care For The Elderly (Ace) Unit In A Community Hospital, Kimberly A. Colonnelli
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: “Baby boomers” (born between 1946 and 1964) represent 15% of the total population of the United States (Population Reference Bureau, 2019), but 50% of its total healthcare expenses (Mattison, 2021). Growth of this population will have a corresponding rise in demand on healthcare resources. Replication of a geriatric inpatient care model (Palmer et al., 1994) was introduced in a large geographically and ethnically diverse integrated care delivery system.
Problem: The demographic for this small community hospital located in Northern California has a larger percentage of patients over the age of 65 compared to other facilities within this …
Implementing Virtual Sitters To Reduce Falls And Sitter Costs, Asia Quovadis Williams Plahar
Implementing Virtual Sitters To Reduce Falls And Sitter Costs, Asia Quovadis Williams Plahar
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
The setting for this DNP project was a 326-bed, suburban hospital in Northern California that was facing challenges with preventing falls with injury and rising sitter costs. Between May 2018 and June 2019, there were four sentinel events related to falls with significant injuries. This hospital was financially impacted by the growing cost of the expanding sitter program caused by the rising elderly patient population, with demographics requiring one-to-one, in-person sitters to observe them visually. There is ample research demonstrating the utility of video monitoring systems to improve patient safety by reducing falls, enhancing staff safety by reducing workplace injuries …
Teaching A Primary Prevention Falls Program: Using The Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, And Injuries (Steadi) Toolkit, Janice Mark
Teaching A Primary Prevention Falls Program: Using The Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, And Injuries (Steadi) Toolkit, Janice Mark
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Problem: Falls in the community dwelling older adult (CDOA) are a growing health concern, placing large financial and social burdens. Primary care providers (PCPs) are not engaging in falls assessment and prevention activities due to the lack of knowledge and time. Context: Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries, and is projected to worsen with the increase in the aging population. STEADI is a fall assessment and prevention toolkit created by the CDC to tackle this problem designed to address the knowledge and practice gaps of PCPs. Interventions: A DNP project was crafted and implemented to train …