title: Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Statewide Collaborative to Reduce Falls in Hospitals.
abstract: Thirty-eight hospitals participated in falls prevention team training, followed by coaching and mentoring over 3 months to develop unit-based initiatives to reduce falls. Initiatives centered on fall risk assessment, rounding, or postfall assessment. Paired t test of the pre-/postintervention fall rates of 23 of the hospitals revealed reduced fall rates (P < .01). The estimated mean decrease was 1.7 falls per 1000 patient days (95% confidence limits of 0.7-2.7).
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey (Dr Gray-Miceli); Medical Team Training, National Center for Patient Safety, Department of Veteran's Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Dr Mazzia); and Statistical Consultant, Princeton, New Jersey (Mr Crane).
authors.forename: Deanna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gray-Miceli
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzia
authors.forename: Giles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crane
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data