CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Tori Hamilton-Kelly, RN, BSN
Decreasing patient falls
CSI Participants
Dawn Back, RN, BSNTori Hamilton-Kelly, RN, BSN
Project Goals/Objectives
- To educate staff on fall protocols
- To educate patients and families on fall prevention
- To decrease patient falls on the PCU by 50 percent
- To increase the use of bed/chair alarms on high fall-risk patients to 100 percent
Project Outcomes
- Decreased patient falls decreased by 70 percent over two years
- Increased use of bed and chair alarms by high fall-risk patients 77 percent
- These outcomes resulted in a savings of $246,766 over two years, with an estimated annual fiscal impact of $123,383.
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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.