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Strategies To Reduce Fall Rates In A Long-Term Care Facility, Kimberly H. Brewer
Strategies To Reduce Fall Rates In A Long-Term Care Facility, Kimberly H. Brewer
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractFalls among residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) pose significant threats to their health and quality of life, as falls often lead to life-threatening injuries such as traumatic brain injury and hip fractures. The etiology of the falls is multifactorial and complex; thus, interventions to reduce the falls typically combine two or more evidence-based interventions. The objective of this doctorate project was to develop an evidenced-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) outlining a multifaceted, evidenced-based bundled set of interventions for a fall prevention program to reduce falls for elderly patients living in the LTCFs. Lewin’s 3-step model of change was used …
Increasing Fall Awareness Through Nursing Staff Education, Evelyn Ahiante Dennis
Increasing Fall Awareness Through Nursing Staff Education, Evelyn Ahiante Dennis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Patient falls are a significant healthcare concern, with the highest risk being among older adults aged 65 and older. A lack of nursing knowledge can contribute to patient falls. This DNP project was conducted in the medical-surgical trauma unit of a 137-bed local rehabilitation center in Northern Georgia. The intention of the project was to understand if a nursing staff education program would increase knowledge regarding falls prevention. Kurt Lewin’s change theory provided the framework for the project. The project participants were nine medical surgical nurses. Using the analysis, design, development, implementation (ADDIE) model, a falls prevention education program was …
Nurse-Patient Ratios And Falls In The Acute Care Setting: A Staffing Educational Program, Trinia Shawell Williams
Nurse-Patient Ratios And Falls In The Acute Care Setting: A Staffing Educational Program, Trinia Shawell Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe correlation between patient falls and nurse-patient ratios in acute care has been a prevalent topic for decades. The lack of nurse-patient ratio guidelines to direct nurse staffing has restricted nursing leaders’ efforts to address this issue. The purpose of this staff education project was to educate nursing leaders on nurse-patient ratios and their association to patient falls. The practice-focused question centered on whether education would increase nursing leaders’ knowledge about appropriate staffing ratios and practices to reduce falls at a long-term acute care facility. Rogers’s diffusion of innovations theory was the change model used to guide this project. There …
Staff Education On Fall Prevention For Inpatient, Geriatric, Psychiatric Patients, Shannon C. Hampton
Staff Education On Fall Prevention For Inpatient, Geriatric, Psychiatric Patients, Shannon C. Hampton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Falls among hospitalized, geriatric patients are a leading cause of injury. Geriatric patients with psychiatric illnesses are at an even greater risk of falls. The project site was experiencing an increase in the number of patient falls and identified a need for staff education on fall risk assessment and implementation of interventions specific to the hospitalized, geriatric, psychiatric patient. Thus, the practice-focused question for this project was whether an educational program on evidence-based assessment and fall prevention strategies would improve nurses’ knowledge and skills to assess risk for falls and implement appropriate interventions for inpatient, geriatric, psychiatric patients. Knowles’s adult …
Nursing Interventions For Reducing Falls Among Older Adults On Polypharmaceutical Agents, Kevin O. Onuekwusi
Nursing Interventions For Reducing Falls Among Older Adults On Polypharmaceutical Agents, Kevin O. Onuekwusi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, the cost of treating a resident of a long-term care facility (LTC) after a fall with injury is between $10,000 and $26,000. Current nursing interventions for fall prevention among older adults aged 65 years and over at the local LTC do not address the risk of polypharmacy and are focused on environmental and intrinsic factors. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to find the nursing interventions that have been used to reduce falls in older adults aged 65 years and over in nursing homes and LTCs who are on polypharmaceutical therapy. Primary research articles …