Dissertation
Reducing the risk of major injury from falls in hospitalized adults
Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), Drexel University
2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-7091
Abstract
Literature indicates that more than one million falls occur annually in American hospitals. Thirty to fifty percent of these falls result in injury (Joint Commission, 2015). Ten percent of these patients sustain a major injury and experience permanent disability or death (Mion et al., 2012). Vinyl covered, padded floor mats, consisting of high density foam cores, are hypothesized to reduce the impact and force of a patient fall. The PICOT question this final DNP project answers is: In acute care, hospitalized adults, do the use of Posey® beveled-edge, bedside floor mats reduce the risk of major injury in falls from bed during acute care hospitalization. A retrospective chart review of all adult inpatients that experienced falls from bed in a 254-bed acute care hospital in Easton, PA was conducted. The outcome of this final DNP project addresses whether the Posey® bedside floor mat improves patient outcomes in an acute care environment. The results of this project will influence and shape evidence-based policy in acute care environments for patients with a high fall risk.
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Details
- Title
- Reducing the risk of major injury from falls in hospitalized adults
- Creators
- Karen Vadyak - DU
- Contributors
- Carol M. Patton (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing; Nursing (Graduate); College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 7091; 991014632521504721