Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Home Current Issue Previous Issues Published Ahead-of-Print CE For Authors Journal Info
Skip Navigation LinksHome > January/March 2009 - Volume 24 - Issue 1 > Reducing Serious Injury From Falls in Two Veterans' Hospital...
Journal of Nursing Care Quality:
January/March 2009 - Volume 24 - Issue 1 - p 33-41
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31818f528e
Article

Reducing Serious Injury From Falls in Two Veterans' Hospital Medical-Surgical Units

Quigley, Patricia A. PhD, ARNP, CRRN, FAAN; Hahm, Bridget MA, MPH; Collazo, Sonia MSN, RN; Gibson, Wanda MS, RN; Janzen, Sandra MS, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Powell-Cope, Gail PhD, ARNP, FAAN; Rice, Fanny MEd, RD; Sarduy, Innette MPH, RN, CNAA; Tyndall, Kyna MS, RN, LHRM, CPHQ; White, Susan V. PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ, CNAA

Collapse Box

Abstract

A large veteran's hospital participated in a year-long collaborative project across 9 hospitals to reduce serious injury from falls in acute care, targeting medical-surgical units. The primary objective of this project was to develop and test a set of interventions (bundles) to prevent serious physical injury (fractures and hemorrhagic bleeds) from patient falls. The interventions were implemented using tests of change on 2 medical-surgical units focused on engaging unit-based staff and combining innovations for vulnerable populations at greatest risk for injury if they fall.

© 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

Article Tools

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

Search for Similar Articles
You may search for similar articles that contain these same keywords or you may modify the keyword list to augment your search.