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Reducing Falls In The Vulnerable Elderly: Implementing An Inpatient Fall Prevention Program, Bibi Farida Khan
Reducing Falls In The Vulnerable Elderly: Implementing An Inpatient Fall Prevention Program, Bibi Farida Khan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Inpatient falls are a leading cause of fatal and serious injuries among hospitalized elderly patients, often with devastating consequences. This quality improvement project was conducted on a geriatric unit in a large southeastern U. S. hospital, following recognition of an increase in the number of falls with several sustained injuries. After an analysis of the previous fall prevention strategies, a panel of stakeholders who formed a falls prevention committee determined that implementing an evidence-based fall risk assessment tool to help identify risk factors, as well as implementing interventions to address those risk factors, would make fall prevention more patient specific …
Implementing Aromatherapy For Falls Reduction In The Inpatient Hospice Population, Kimberly Kay Pistek
Implementing Aromatherapy For Falls Reduction In The Inpatient Hospice Population, Kimberly Kay Pistek
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Falls among the elderly is a health concern affecting multiple patients annually. Hospice patients and those with multiple comorbidities are at the greatest risk of falling and sustaining injuries from falls. Aromatherapy has been used for reducing multiple symptoms as well as for decreasing falls. The practice-focused question explored whether an education program on using aromatherapy for fall prevention would increase knowledge of this intervention for an interdisciplinary group of hospice staff. The design was developed using Knowles's theory of andragogy and Bloom's taxonomy. Thirteen staff members from the same facility participated in the education program. The program was targeted …
Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Facilities, Kay Keise
Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Facilities, Kay Keise
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Falls and related injuries have affected residents in long-term care facilities for many years. It has been well-established that patient fall prevention includes staff education and hourly rounding in addition to adequate risk assessment. These steps, taken together, have the potential to decrease a 52.7% fall rate on the long-term care pilot unit. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to: (a) educate staff on the process of properly performing hourly rounding and (b) and achieve a decreased incidence of falls from the current fall rate. Thus, the practice-focused question for the project addressed whether rounding hourly on patients …
Educational Training On Falls Intervention For Elderly Patients In Acute Care Settings, Kasturi Ramasamy
Educational Training On Falls Intervention For Elderly Patients In Acute Care Settings, Kasturi Ramasamy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Falls among hospitalized elderly patients are a safety concern for health care organizations and the patients they serve, but falls can be prevented through the team effort of nurses and other health care professions to promote safety within the organization. The project site was experiencing an increase in the number of patients falls and identified the need for staff education related to assessment and intervention to prevent patient falls in the elderly population. Thus, the practice-focused question for this project was whether an educational program on evidence-based fall prevention strategies using the American Medical Directors Association clinical guidelines would improve …
Reducing Fall Recurrence In Institutionalized Elderly Residents On Narcotics, Paul Niyungeko
Reducing Fall Recurrence In Institutionalized Elderly Residents On Narcotics, Paul Niyungeko
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Falls constitute a health care safety concern, specifically among the geriatric population institutionalized in health care facilities. From the pattern of observed falls at the project site, a discrepancy between fall prevention measures and expected outcomes was noted. Knowledge deficiency, inadequate practice skills, and insufficient organizational support were found to be the major obstacles to improving fall prevention. The purpose of this systematic literature review project was to identify evidence-based actions to reduce falls. The project was guided by Taylor's personality theory and Watson's theory of care. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses method was used to …