Quigley Pat, Neily Julia, Watson Mary, Wright Marilyn, Strobe Karen
VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Tampa VA, USA.
Online J Issues Nurs. 2007 Mar 2;12(2):8.
Nurses help to ensure patient safety, which includes preventing falls and fall related injuries. The aging Veteran population, like the general population, is at risk for falls and fall related injuries whether at home, in hospitals or in long term care facilities. Nurses are leading practice innovations to systematically assess patients' risk for falls and implement population based prevention interventions. To determine the effectiveness of programs, data can be analyzed using a variety of statistical measures to determine program impacts. Thus, data analysis of fall rates by type of fall and severity of fall related injury can help facilities examine the effectiveness of their interventions and program outcomes. Examples of actual fall prevention programs and their approaches to measurement are showcased in this article.
护士有助于确保患者安全，这包括预防跌倒及与跌倒相关的伤害。与普通人群一样，老年退伍军人无论是在家中、医院还是长期护理机构，都有跌倒及与跌倒相关伤害的风险。护士正在引领实践创新，以系统地评估患者的跌倒风险，并实施基于人群的预防干预措施。为了确定项目的有效性，可以使用各种统计方法来分析数据，以确定项目的影响。因此，按跌倒类型和跌倒相关伤害的严重程度对跌倒率进行数据分析，有助于医疗机构检查其干预措施的有效性和项目成果。本文展示了实际跌倒预防项目的示例及其测量方法。
