scholarly journals Nurses Implementing a Newly Designed Fall Risk Tool for Inpatients on Medical/Surgical Units: A Quality Improvement Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Surgical Units

Utilizing Assessment Tools in Decreasing Fall Risk Among Community-Dwelling Adults: A Quality Improvement Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 108482232110347
Author(s):  
Justin Fontenot
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
The Mean

Although there are standardized fall risk assessment tools in home care clinical practice, there are no standardized tools to reduce fall risk. This quality improvement project aims to test the adaptability of the Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) tool among the community-dwelling adult population by measuring the impact of the tool’s implementation on client fall risk. Participants included n = 54 clients enrolled in home care and n = 14 members of the clinical team. This project used a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental pre-and post-intervention design. The quality improvement project implemented the Fall TIPS tool, and fall risk was measured using the Morse Fall Risk Assessment (MFRA). The Fall TIPS tool was provided to participants by visiting staff, and interventions were selected based on the participant’s assessment. Participants’ fall risk was scored during in-person home visits, and the results were recorded in the electronic health record. A dependent 2-tailed t-test measured the variance of means between the pre-and-post groups. The pre-intervention MFRA score mean was 63.43 ± 22.52; p = .000 and the mean score in the post-intervention group was 58.15 ± 22.49; p = .000. The mean difference between the pre-and post-groups was 5.28. Implementing the Fall TIPS toolkit in the home care clinical setting reduced fall risk post-intervention and offered tools for future evaluation in home care settings.

Quality Improvement Project in American Samoa to Increase Adherence to Secondary RHD Prophylaxis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 137 (Supplement 3) ◽  
pp. 379A-379A
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Parker ◽  
Amber Michelle Rogers Bock ◽  
Tangra L. Broge
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Improvement Project
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