Reich Jessie, Farrell Kathryn, Maloney Courtney, Drayton Deborah, Johnson Tonya
Department of Nursing Professional Practice (Mss Reich, Farrell, and Maloney), Department of Nursing Administration (Drs Johnson and Drayton), Penn Medicine-Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Nurs Care Qual. 2017 Jan/Mar;32(1):40-46. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000206.
Falls with injury are a persistent patient safety challenge in the acute care setting. This article describes the creation and implementation of a Certified Falls Prevention Advocate (CFPA) program on a medical-surgical unit. The program created standardization of nursing support staff involvement in falls prevention and engaged them as members of the interdisciplinary team. The CFPA program was an important element in the unit's improvement in falls with injury rates. The mean falls with injury rate decreased from 1.115 to 0.178 per 1000 patient-days over a 1-year period.
在急性护理环境中，跌倒并受伤一直是患者安全面临的挑战。本文介绍了在一个内科-外科病房创建并实施认证跌倒预防倡导者（CFPA）项目的情况。该项目实现了护理辅助人员参与跌倒预防工作的标准化，并让他们成为跨学科团队的成员。CFPA项目是该病房降低跌倒并受伤发生率的一项重要因素。在一年时间里，每1000个患者日的跌倒并受伤平均发生率从1.115降至0.178。
