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Fall Prevention Assessment In The Intermediate Care Patient Population, Dawn Rose
Fall Prevention Assessment In The Intermediate Care Patient Population, Dawn Rose
Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts
Fall Prevention Assessment in the Intermediate Care Patient Population
Falls cause greater than 600,000 deaths per year and are the most common injury in people over 65 years of age. Fall prevention in the acute care setting has been identified as key goal in the most recent JCAHO review process. Falls on an intermediary care unit lead to an increased rate of morbidity, delayed discharge, and excess cost expenditure.
Even with appropriate evidence-based tools in place, Hospital A’s intermediate care unit, recorded an increased rate of falls; the highest rate in its health care system. An investigation identified factors contributing …
Development Of A Delirium Educational Program For Hospital Medicine Providers, Lindsay Erin Stone
Development Of A Delirium Educational Program For Hospital Medicine Providers, Lindsay Erin Stone
Nursing Masters
Hospital medicine providers were surveyed to evaluate baseline delirium attitudes and behaviors. An educational program was then shared, and a follow up survey was given to determine if their delirium attitudes and practices were impacted by the educational intervention. Follow up survey results indicated that providers perceived more of a change in their attitudes than practices, and overall found the education to be useful and felt more confident in treating delirium as a result.