Practice Experience: Applying Measurement Tools to a Practice Problem
Conduct a collaboration interview with two or three key leaders in your practice setting to determine the measures
problem and associated challenges impacting measurement for your practice problem (include confidentiality, ano
issues, etc.). MY PRACTICE PROBLEM IS THAT has been identified is the patient falls) Perform an existing evid
your practice problem and search for evidence that demonstrates how your practice problem is measured across
Post a description of the measures identified from the interviews, the challenges to obtaining the data that were d
summary of how this quality indicator is measured in the literature. Discuss any gaps in the data that were identifi
sources that might be needed to obtain this data. Be sure to support your practice problem with the literature that
relevance of this problem for nursing practice. Provide evidence from practice and data that is available.
Practice Problem: Falls
The practice problem that has been identified is the patient falls. Falls are one of the adverse events that are ofte
negative care outcomes. Falls in hospital settings are considered never events due to the health risks and compli
from such events (Lee et al., 2018). This practice problem was selected because falls can be prevented, and they
different complications, including fracture of bones, disability, and other long-term health complications.
According to the AHRQ (2020), at least one in four elderly persons aged above 65 years falls every minute. This
the major cause of injuries and deaths associated with injury in this population. Therefore, this problem was selec
prevalence and adverse health outcomes associated with it.
According to the charge nurse in my facility whom I spoke to, the occurrence of falls in the facility is high, especia
patients.. Data on the cases of falls in the facility shows that 25 instances of patient falls have been reported for th
further triggered the need to address this practice problem.
According to Morris & O’Riordan (2017), hospital falls are major practice problems that result in poor care outcom
cost of healthcare services. Morris et al. (2018) state that an all-inclusive and interdisciplinary approach can be ef
minimizing such events and improve patient satisfaction, safety, and quality of care. In most cases, hospitals with
experience the increased cost of operations as expenses incurred in managing complications resulting from falls
compensated

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