Decreasing Falls With Injury Rates: Development of a Support Staff Falls Advocate Program.
J Nurs Care Qual
; 32(1): 40-46, 2017.
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| ID: mdl-27380102
ABSTRACT
Falls with injury are a persistent patient safety challenge in the acute care setting. This article describes the creation and implementation of a Certified Falls Prevention Advocate (CFPA) program on a medical-surgical unit. The program created standardization of nursing support staff involvement in falls prevention and engaged them as members of the interdisciplinary team. The CFPA program was an important element in the unit's improvement in falls with injury rates. The mean falls with injury rate decreased from 1.115 to 0.178 per 1000 patient-days over a 1-year period.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde
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Acidentes por Quedas
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Desenvolvimento de Programas
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Segurança do Paciente
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Assistentes de Enfermagem
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nurs Care Qual
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article