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As a nurse we want to ensure that our patients receive a high quality of care. Patients should feel safe and satisfied while hospitalized. Many hospitals are continually looking for answers and implementation to significantly reduce the inpatient fall incidents. According to Bechdel et al (2014), the top priority of health care organizations nationwide is to reduce and eliminate falls within the clinical care settings. One of the serious problems in acute care hospital is the patient’s fall. The unfamiliar environment, acute and co-morbid illnesses, prolonged bedrest, polypharmacy, and the placement of tubes and catheters are common challenges that place patients at risk of falling. Most of the falls that I have encountered while working involves

As health care workers we are under a legal obligation to protect an individual from any kind of abuse, whether it is physical, financial, emotional, sexual or psychological .Legislation, policies and procedures exist to promote a safer working environment and reduce the potential for risks occurring. They are tailored for the needs of each setting, known and understood by employers and employees and reviewed on a regular basis.

Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Retrieved February 21, 2015, from American Nurses Association: www.nursingworld.org

The second provision I chose describes the importance of continued education in the nursing field. This education can be through continuing education credits (CEUs), advancements in a degree, or participating part of a work force committee. Advancements are always being made in patient care and safety; for this reason the state of MN requires 24 continuing education credits every two years. This can be completed through online courses, lectures, conferences, and courses that meet requirements. The hospital I work for also provides emails, bulletin boards, and meetings on any changes or updates that will effect and implemented by nursing staff. Besides meeting my employers and state requirements, I am also currently a student to obtain a BSN in nursing.

Provide mandatory, up-to-date education related fall prevention. Every single one in this facility can have the adequate capacities to prevent falls and offer education to patients, family members and caregivers regarding skills and knowledge of fall prevention. Develop policies in multifaceted and tailored strategies with evidence-based practice (Breimier, Halfens, & Lohrmann, 2015). Have more awareness and "need for individualizing the care plan and communicating the plan to those working with the patient becomes evident when implementing a fall reduction program" (Ambutas, Lamb, & Quigley, 2017, p 179). In addition, maintain consistency or accuracy in risk identification and action planning, as well as obtain patient and caregiver’s commitment to adhere to the safety plan on the daily basis (Silva, & Hain, 2017). Everyone is in the same page and conduct measures effectively and efficiently. Evaluate and assess the implementation of strategies monthly. Change and correct properly and timely to reach the aim of zero falls.

First, the Residents may more quickly experience the benefit from the interventions as well as from the reduction of restraints, potentially decreasing injuries, and increasing their quality of life (Dunabar, Neufeld, White, & Libow, 1996; Label & Goldstein, 2005). This action step may also result in the facility developing more ethical and legal policies and practices in regards to restraint use thus providing better care to Residents, and may even reduce costs (Label & Goldstein, 2005). Additionally, this would be an opportunity for the therapist to further demonstrate the unique value of the field of Occupational Therapy. Based on this potential outcome and the ethical and legal basis, this action step seems to be an appropriate course of action for the therapist to take when faced with this ethical

The Georgia Board of Nursing is responsible for regulating and supervising practical and professional nursing. They also control the types of offered professional education and the practice of those registered with said board. Through the use of certain legislation, they are able to determine safe standards of practice for the nursing community. On the other hand, professional nursing organizations, such as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), give nursing professionals the opportunity to further their education post-university. Through the use of professional research journals,

The purpose of this research paper was to examine the latest research and evidence-based practices related to inpatient falls. Falls among the elderly within a hospital setting has increased within the last decade. Inpatient falls have become the second leading cause of death, causing longer hospital stays and indirect costs for the hospital. The research reviewed multiple studies, which discussed the causes of inpatient falls. A few causes included nurses and staff not knowledgeable of current hospital practices, lack of individualized plan of care, and lack of training related to falls. The findings assisted the writer to revise the current fall policy and procedure for Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC). A fall reduction program

Any witnessed or unwitnessed event that leads to a patient found on a floor is used as a definition for patient falls. A ratio of falls per 1000 patient days was used as the calculation of fall rates for this research. (Kalisch, Tschannen & Lee, 2012).

Each health care employer shall upon request, make available their findings and data for at least 5 years; 5) post a uniform notice that explains the standard and the procedures to report patient handling-related injuries. The notice must explains procedures to report patient handling-related injuries; and explains health care workers’ rights under this Act, including any whistleblower protections. Each health care employer shall conduct an annual written evaluation of the implementation of their programs.

In the root cause analysis, the root cause analysis team investigates the role of multiple factors that could have contributed to the event, such as communication, equipment failures, staffing levels and/or fatigue, training, policies/procedures, and organizational culture. Following the analysis, the facility must implement a corrective action plan to implement the findings of the analysis or at least report to the appropriate state department any reasons for not taking a corrective action plan. The findings of the root cause analysis and a copy of the corrective action plan must be filed with the commissioner within 60 days of the event for the State of Minnesota. The team of clinical and quality improvement experts review the root cause analysis and corrective plan meet all criteria and that the facility is able to take steps to reduce this risk of any future adverse events. The review team will provide feedback to the facility and allow modifications to be applied until all criteria have been met. Each event can go through up to three reviews (Minnesota Department of Health,

The General Accounting Office and the Health Human Services Office of Inspector General both have noted the lack of known data related to the use of these practices (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization [JCAHO], 2004). Research has revealed that the use of restraints varies dramatically from facility to facility with a wide range of facility and staff knowledge on how to prevent and avoid such use. According to Castle and Mor (1998), there are a growing number of stakeholders that have developed guidelines for restraints use and the quality of these guidelines have yet to be determined and their widespread application

In this week reading, “Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries”, by Simone Chess, Alison Kafer, Jessi Quizar, and Mattie Udora Richardson they expressed three main points throughout the article. The first main point in this article is that “ bathrooms are easier to access for some of us than for others.” This is an issue that some people don’t know about or don’t even think is a problem. Recently this has been a hotbed topic, within the media but I have been aware of this problem for sometime now. Many of my close friends have expressed their concerns about the bathroom situation well before this became a newsworthy topic. In addition, this topic has always bothered me because it is a bathroom and people mostly use the bathroom for two purposes.

The services will be provided to the clients in the Chicago's northwest suburban community. The main target group would be people who are 18 and older with one or more urinary related issues; including age and postpartum incontinence. The Urinary Continence and Wellness Clinic Services will adopt an approach to service that embraces a philosophy of respect for, and partnership with, people receiving services. A client centered urinary continence service

When nurses promote collaborative interdisciplinary care, they are ensuring the availability and accessibility of quality health care (ANA, 2010). As the nursing supervisor in this clinical setting, I would hold a staff meeting with the family nurse practitioner (FNP), nurse, licensed vocational nurse (LVN), nutritionist, and social worker. I would ask them to speak about their areas of expertise and explain how their knowledge will enhance this clinical team. The nutritionist’s expertise in diet, the social worker’s fluency in Spanish, the LVN’s training in education, and the nurse’s specialization in