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Purposeful Nurse Hourly Rounding: Plan To Decrease Patient Falls During A Pandemic, Robbie Masangkay
Purposeful Nurse Hourly Rounding: Plan To Decrease Patient Falls During A Pandemic, Robbie Masangkay
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Problem: Patient falls remain a critical and persistent safety problem in healthcare today. The prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic raises leadership concerns regarding the safe care of high-risk COVID patients and mitigating the increased stress and potential risks of infection to clinical staff.
Context: This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project details implementation of an evidence-based purposeful nurse hourly rounding (PNHR) pilot project designed to decrease the incidence of patient falls on a designated COVID-19 unit.
Measure: A modified PNHR rounding tool was implemented to guide focused elements for key nurse/patient interactions.
Interventions: …