title: Nursing Staff Develop a Video to Prevent Falls: A Quality Improvement Project.
abstract: Many fall prevention strategies exist with some degree of effectiveness. Evidence to support 1 unique bundling of strategies is limited. The purpose of this article is to describe a staff-driven quality improvement initiative to develop a video in partnership with patients and families to prevent falls when hospitalized. Since the video's release, the fall rate has decreased by 29.4%.
authors.affiliation: Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
authors.forename: Amelia L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Silkworth
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gevaart
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D009740:Nursing Staff; D061214:Patient Safety; D015397:Program Evaluation; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards