Nursing Staff Develop a Video to Prevent Falls: A Quality Improvement Project

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Patient Safety
• Nursing Research

Background:

• Numerous fall prevention strategies exist, but evidence for unique bundled approaches is limited.
• Hospital-acquired falls remain a significant patient safety concern.
• Effective strategies are needed to reduce patient falls during hospitalization.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe a staff-led quality improvement project.
• To develop a patient and family-centered video for fall prevention.
• To implement and evaluate a novel fall prevention intervention.

Main Methods:

• A collaborative approach involving healthcare staff, patients, and families.
• Development of an educational video resource for fall prevention.
• Implementation of the video as part of a quality improvement initiative.

Main Results:

• The initiative successfully developed and released a patient-partnered fall prevention video.
• A significant reduction in the hospital fall rate was observed post-implementation.
• The fall rate decreased by 29.4% after the video's release.

Conclusions:

• A staff-driven quality improvement initiative can effectively develop patient-centered fall prevention tools.
• Bundling fall prevention strategies through a video intervention shows significant promise.
• This approach offers a unique and effective method to reduce falls in hospitalized patients.