Question

100 3pdu... Heading Heading 2 Title Subtit Styles Identify a quality or safety issue in the work setting that has been or is being addressed using evidence/research findings. Please respond to the following Who is involved in addressing the issues? Is shared governance used to address it? Who are the stakeholders? Is there an informatics-related solution that could positively impact the issue? Focuses

Answer 1

The quality and patient safety issue to be addressed is the increase no of patient falls in the hospital setting.

Who is involved in addressing the issue?

The personnel's involved in addressing the issue are Nurse leaders,quality and safety committee members,patient relatives association, hospital management.

Is shared Governance used to address it?

Shared Governance is the modern way of addressing patient safety issues it is the best way to have interdepartmental coordination in finding a solution.shared governance helps in getting inputs from all stake holders and helps to have better involvement and responsibility to solve a problem.

Who are the stakeholders?

Patients

Physicians

Nurses

Housekeeping

Facility managers

Administration

Is there a informatics related solution which will positivily impact the solution.

Technology in healthcare has been a boom for providing safe and quality care to patients.various informatics related solutions are .

Use of self assessment tools at the bedside for vulnerable patients to assess the fall risk .self assessment tool can be computerized which gives an automated alarm to the nursing team on the high risk of the patient.

Use of safety alarm once the patient moves out of bed there is a safety alarm which alerts the nurses about unassisted patient movement.ir senses any unusual movement of the patient from bed

Use of emergency bells in the washrooms where patients are prone for fall.

Remote monitoring of patient.sudden changes in the gait,mental alertness can be monitored timely to prevent impending falls.

Personal airbags:the newer technology attached airbags to patients who have a higher risk of falls with airbags which will inflate once the patient falls, reducing the impact of falls to prevent head injuries.fractures