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Reducing Patient Falls Through Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Amanda Savage
Reducing Patient Falls Through Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Amanda Savage
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Practice Problem: Falls significantly affect patients, resulting in temporary or permanent harm, even death. In a large acute care facility, patient falls increased from 444 in 2016 to 556 falls in 2019.
PICOT: In an adult inpatient hospital setting, does purposeful hourly rounding (PHR), compared to no rounding, reduce patient falls over a period of 30 days during the same time period from the previous year?
Evidence: Of the 360 articles reviewed, 12 articles, varying from evidence levels two (1), level three (4), and level five (7), supported PHR as effective in reducing harm from falls in adult …
Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Using Patient-Centered Fall Interventions, Angela Blakley
Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Using Patient-Centered Fall Interventions, Angela Blakley
Student Scholarly Projects
Practice Problem: The practice problem identified within the Community Living Center included continuous falls, despite using current fall prevention strategies and provider-driven interventions. Baseline data reflected a fall rate of 4.2 in the long-term care areas despite improving the fall prevention program.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: In older adult residents (P), what is the effect of a standing operating procedure (SOP) using patient-centered interventions (I) compared to physician-driven fall interventions (C) on decreasing falls and falls with injuries (O) within one month (T)?
Evidence: In twelve high-quality articles that fit the eligibility criteria and …