Some of the problems that have been noted in the emergency room when talking with my mentor and other staff nurses regarding fall prevention are: the lack of understanding from the patients when talking about being a fall risk, the proper uses of the bed alarms and having the proper amount of supplies when using the fall risk bands.

The plan to fix the problem is to research and make signs describing what a fall risk is and placing the signs in the room, then pointing the signs out to the patients. Having education come in to do hands on training with the nursing staff to show the proper way to use the bed alarms. Make sure all rooms are stocked with the fall risk bands and make sure that all nursing staff knows how and when to use them.

Resources are needed for the solutions I have come up with and it does not look like it would be too expensive to implement. The biggest cost would be the print-out and hanging of posters in all of the patient rooms and keeping the fall risk bands stocked. Bed alarms do take batteries, but that is a minimum cost. Education on how to use the bed alarms can be done with every shift so that nursing staff does not need to come in on a no scheduled day and will not need to be paid extra for the education.

References

Materials for health care providers. (2021). Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health | Protecting and improve the health and safety of agricultural workers. https://gpcah.public-health.uiowa.edu/materials-for-health-care-providers/

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