Join the Falls Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative

Join the Falls Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative

Falls Virtual Learning Session # 4 & Closing Congress Team Rapid Fire Presentation Template

Name of Organization: Capital Health

Name of Speaker: Suzanne Hennessey

Location of Facility We operate hospitals, health centres and community-based programs throughout Halifax Regional Municipality and the western part of Hants County.

Number and type of Patients/Residents/Clients: 1313 inpatient beds. We provide medical and surgical care, mental health care, community health programs, addiction prevention and treatment, and environmental health services.

Who We Are

Team Members

Team Member Role

Lorraine Robertson Professional Practice Leader, Health Services Manager Clinical Nurse Educators

Suzanne Hennessey Clinical Nurse Educator

AIM

From your Team Charter

Reduce incidence of falls (fall rate) by 25% from baseline by March 2011

Reduce injury from falls by 25% from baseline by March 2011

Change Ideas

List Changes you have tested during Falls VLC PDSA Cycles:

Adding the Morse Falls Risk Assessment tool to admission packages

Reminder notices to staff to document interventions on kardex

MeasuresAt the beginning of the collaborative we were just introducing the Morse Falls Tool so our baseline for documented falls assessment was 0.

Since initiating the tool the data has shown a 97%/98% compliance rate with completing the tools.

Lessons LearnedList any “key” advice or insights you would like to share with other teams?

Lessons Learned/Key Insights

Place the tool in the admission packs to increase compliance

There is decreased compliance with reassessing patients after a fall or with a change in status

Need to find a better way to capture patients transferred from ICU

When there is high turnover of patients or a lot of changes in condition -the lower the compliance with competing and reassessing patient risk

What are some things you will do to sustain the work on reducing falls and injury from falls and by what date?

Next Steps

Key Sustainability Steps/Plan: Target Dates

Continue to reinforce the importance of fall risk and share the information on falls risk – how are we doing during unit education days

April/May 2011

Involve staff in doing chart audits to see if the tool is completed and updated as necessary, and if interventions are part of the care plan

Ongoing

Name: Lorraine Robertson

Email: Lorraine.Robertson@cdha.nshealth.ca

Phone Number: (902) 473-7875

Contact Information