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Multifarious Interventions To Reduce Falls On The Medical-Surgical Units, Wenjie Ying
Multifarious Interventions To Reduce Falls On The Medical-Surgical Units, Wenjie Ying
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The CNL project was conducted on the 56-bed adult medical-surgical units in a trauma center. There were total eight fall incidences from January to February. The SWOT analysis, stakeholder analysis, pre-educational survey, cost-effective analysis and root-cause analysis suggested in-depth training on multifaceted fall prevention. The objectives include reducing falls by 50%, increasing staff’s adherence to fall prevention protocols, boosting staff’s confidence in patient mobility, improving staff responsiveness and communication with meds in HCAHPS, and enhancing knowledge of medications’ side effects by May 14, 2018. The literature reviews indicated that the multicomponent preventative measures to prevent falls along with leadership supports …