CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Fall prevention
CSI Participants
Susan Ashland, BSN, RN
Morgan Cleaver, RN
Diana O. Cobb, MSN, RN-BC
Paula Wray, RN-BC
Project Goals/Objectives
- To decrease patient falls on the General Medicine Unit 50 percent in nine months
- To reinforce the use of current interventions within our organization, and introduce new methods to ensure patient safety
- To educate staff on the importance of patient safety
Project Outcomes
- Decreased the average number of falls per month 40 percent (from five to three)
- Reduced falls without injury 31 percent (from 87 to 60)
- Reduced falls with injury 33 percent (from nine to six)
- These outcomes resulted in a projected annual fiscal impact of $122,973.
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Disclaimer
The AACN CSI Academy program supports change projects based on quality improvement methods. Although CSI teams seek to ensure linkage between their project and clinical/fiscal outcomes, data cannot be solely attributed to the project and are estimations of impact.