Fall Prevention
Fall and fall related problems is continuously growing and being challenges in health care settings today. The result of fall has been increased in population which affects the patient health, injury, hospital costs of test and treatment, death, and prolonged hospitalization. Falls and fall injury is recognized as a serious problems for our patients because it creates the cost burden to the hospitals, so it is important to identify the quality and financial impact of fall prevention program for adult in acute care settings. The fall prevention program will help to reduce the fall rates and improve the health care delivery in our patients. In order to determine which methods to consider as successful to prevent falls and fall related injury,
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The author was able to identify the decrease number of falls by using of standardized fall prevention program which include fall risk assessment on admission, medication regimen screening, offer an individualized plan of care, bedside handoff communication, hourly rounding and rounding during shift change, offer continuous observation of patient who is cognitive impairment or fall within last 12 months, and offer education material to patients, staffs and family. Identification of major factors and use of preventive measure can decrease the number of falls and fall related …show more content…
The fall prevention program include fall screening tool, medication regimen, bedside hand off communication, hourly rounding as well as rounding during shift change, continuous observing to the patient who has fall within 12 months, providing education material to staffs, patients, and families to learn about how to prevent falls (Trepanier & Hilsenbeck, 2014). There is no evidence that one intervention would be most effective to prevent fall injury, multiple fall prevention intervention would be the best way to decrease falls and keeping patient safe from harm. The study has shown based on evidence practice that use of standardized fall prevention program decreases the fall injuries rate of 37.5% in first year and 33 % comparing to the second year; however, the limitation of study made difficult to generalize findings such as unable to find which intervention was most effective to prevent
The author was able to identify the decrease number of falls by using of standardized fall prevention program which include fall risk assessment on admission, medication regimen screening, offer an individualized plan of care, bedside handoff communication, hourly rounding and rounding during shift change, offer continuous observation of patient who is cognitive impairment or fall within last 12 months, and offer education material to patients, staffs and family. Identification of major factors and use of preventive measure can decrease the number of falls and fall related …show more content…
The fall prevention program include fall screening tool, medication regimen, bedside hand off communication, hourly rounding as well as rounding during shift change, continuous observing to the patient who has fall within 12 months, providing education material to staffs, patients, and families to learn about how to prevent falls (Trepanier & Hilsenbeck, 2014). There is no evidence that one intervention would be most effective to prevent fall injury, multiple fall prevention intervention would be the best way to decrease falls and keeping patient safe from harm. The study has shown based on evidence practice that use of standardized fall prevention program decreases the fall injuries rate of 37.5% in first year and 33 % comparing to the second year; however, the limitation of study made difficult to generalize findings such as unable to find which intervention was most effective to prevent