Date of Graduation
Winter 12-15-2016
Document Access
Project/Capstone - Global access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
College/School
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Abstract
In the metropolitan hospital’s acute psychiatric unit there has been an increase in falls incidence as well as need for evaluation of the effectiveness of Schmid Fall Risk Assessment tool in its ability to properly identify those at risk. In the last fiscal year there were 45 falls among 28 patients on the acute psychiatric unit.Falls are harmful to the patients and can cause prolonged hospital stays with non-reimbursable costs to the hospital. Falls amongst psychiatric patients is an even greater challenge to address due to the nature of the mental health disease process. This project addresses general costs of falls among psychiatric patients, identifies successful interventions presented in the literature that have addressed falls in psychiatric patients, conducts a root-cause analysis, and lastly offers suggestions on how to decrease falls among this patient population.
Recommended Citation
Rose, Joseph Hunter, "Falls Program on an Acute Psychiatric Unit" (2016). Master's Projects and Capstones. 467.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/467
