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. 2017 Jan/Mar;32(1):40-46.
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000206.

Decreasing Falls With Injury Rates: Development of a Support Staff Falls Advocate Program

Jessie Reich  1 , Kathryn Farrell, Courtney Maloney, Deborah Drayton, Tonya Johnson
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Decreasing Falls With Injury Rates: Development of a Support Staff Falls Advocate Program

Jessie Reich et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2017 Jan/Mar.

Abstract

Falls with injury are a persistent patient safety challenge in the acute care setting. This article describes the creation and implementation of a Certified Falls Prevention Advocate (CFPA) program on a medical-surgical unit. The program created standardization of nursing support staff involvement in falls prevention and engaged them as members of the interdisciplinary team. The CFPA program was an important element in the unit's improvement in falls with injury rates. The mean falls with injury rate decreased from 1.115 to 0.178 per 1000 patient-days over a 1-year period.

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