title: Partnering with patients and families in designing visual cues to prevent falls in hospitalized elders.
abstract: Prevention of falls in hospitalized elderly is critical to avoid injury and maintain independence. As part of a comprehensive program, nursing staff in a medical telemetry unit partnered with patients and their families to design and implement an educational poster to prevent falls. Ongoing patient/family feedback was used to modify the poster until it was appealing and effective for patients. The effort resulted in a marked decrease in falls on the unit over the pilot period.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wis, USA. lee.jeske@aurora.org
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jeske
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kolmer
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muth
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cerns
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moldenhaur
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hook
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003463:Cues; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013686:Telemetry; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration