CSI Project

Implementing Fall Risk Reduction Through Skilled Communication On Med-Surg

Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson, Louisiana

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Project Topic:

Fall Prevention

Hospital, City and State:

Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson, Louisiana

Unit:

  • Medical-Surgical Unit

CSI Participants:

  • Wai Yee Li, BSN, RN
  • Reid Sellars, BSN, RN
  • Crystal Hutchinson, BSN, RN
  • CSI Coach: Kayla McLin, BSN, RN

Project Goals/Objectives:

  1. Reduce falls 50% within 12 months
  2. Achieve 97% compliance with fall documentation protocols
  3. Improve Healthy Work Environment Tool (HWEAT) Skilled Communication score
  4. Increase camera usage 50%

Project Outcomes:

  1. Decreased falls 52%
  2. Camera usage based on pre and post interventions
    • Pre-implementation: 74%
    • Post-implementation: 42%
  3. Fall risk assessment and post fall documentation 
    • Pre-implementation: 94%-95
    • Post-implementation: 91%-92 %
  4. Improved HWEAT Skilled Communication scores from 3.17 to 3.49

Project Overview:

Implementing fall risk reduction through staff motivation/accountability, issue awareness, resource management, patient education, fall risk signage, and staff champions.

Project Implementation/Interventions included yellow fall incident forms for assigned nurse, fall risk signage on door frame and in patient room, kick-off party to increase awareness, and nominating fall risk champions.

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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.