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Implementing A Fall Prevention Program: A Quality Improvement Project To Promote Patient Mobility On The Medical-Surgical Unit, Alba Araiza
Master's Projects and Capstones
Implementing a fall prevention program is imperative in acute healthcare settings. Falls are one of the top reported events that occur in hospitals and it is a patient safety concern that requires the implementation of evidence-based practices to reduce falls. This quality improvement project will be developed by a master’s prepared clinical nurse leader (CNL) on a medical-surgical unit to improve patient safety.
Problem
Maintaining patient safety is the most important priority in health care. Health care organizations implement protocols, policies and procedures to ensure that care is provided in a safe manner to minimize preventable harms. However, falls are …
Implementing A Fall Prevention Program: A Quality Improvement Project To Promote Patient Mobility On The Medical-Surgical Unit, Alba Araiza
Master's Projects and Capstones
Abstract
Implementing a fall prevention program is imperative in acute healthcare settings. Falls are one of the top reported events that occur in hospitals and it is a patient safety concern that requires the implementation of evidence-based practices to reduce falls. This quality improvement project will be developed by a master’s prepared clinical nurse leader (CNL) on a medical-surgical unit to improve patient safety.
Problem
Maintaining patient safety is the most important priority in health care. Health care organizations implement protocols, policies and procedures to ensure that care is provided in a safe manner to minimize preventable harms. However, falls …
Innovation Through An Academic Practice Partnership: A New Clinical Nurse Leader (Cnl) Implementation Model, Nancy P. Taquino
Innovation Through An Academic Practice Partnership: A New Clinical Nurse Leader (Cnl) Implementation Model, Nancy P. Taquino
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Problem
The IOM reports (1999, 2001) were catalysts for development of a new nursing role - the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL). Academic practice partnership models are needed to integrate the CNL role in health care systems.
Context
A large integrated health care system in Northern California and a university Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) program initiated a formal academic practice partnership, establishing a hospital based MSN CNL program.
Intervention
A CNL implementation model was developed that includes (a) academic practice partnership advisory charter; (b) academic practice partnership roles (MSN CNL program director, MSN CNL faculty liaison, and hospital-based CNL …