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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
