Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
J Nurs Adm. 2010 Feb;40(2):75-81. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181cb9f56.
A performance improvement project employed a bachelor's-prepared psychiatric liaison nurse (PLN) to reduce one-to-one (1:1) constant observation (CO) on all medical patient-care areas of a large, metropolitan hospital. The project succeeded in cutting the costs of CO in half. It showed that PLNs can safely facilitate large reductions in CO without associated increases in falls or restraint prevalence, yielding significant cost savings for hospitals.
一个绩效改进项目聘请了一名本科程度的精神科联络护士（PLN），以减少大型都市医院所有医疗护理区域的一对一（1:1）持续观察（CO）。该项目成功地将 CO 的成本降低了一半。它表明 PLN 可以安全地大幅减少 CO，而不会增加跌倒或约束的发生率，从而为医院节省大量成本。
