@article{ref1,
title="Implementing a quality improvement program to reduce falls and increase patient medication satisfaction in an academic medical center",
journal="Geriatric nursing",
year="2022",
author="Lopez, Marilyn and Ma, Chenjuan and Aavik, Lori and Cortes, Tara A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Hospitalized older adult medication-related falls are common and understudied.   LOCAL PROBLEM: There were organizational educational gaps identified in assisting nurses to recognize and mitigate medication associated side effects that may predispose hospitalized older adults to fall. <br><br>METHODS: A quality improvement project that utilized pre and post-test design. An eLearning module was developed and distributed to registered nurses in a medical unit. INTERVENTIONS: Eighty registered nurses participated in an eLearning module that included patient and family centered evidence-based guidelines and teach-back guides related to medication fall safety. <br><br>RESULTS: An increase in overall (2.2%) medication patient satisfaction scores and decrease (8%) in falls for patients > 65 years old over a 4-month period. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There is benefit of implementing a structured medication fall risk education program for nurses on a medical unit. Patient satisfaction related to communication about medications and a reduction in falls was impacted by this interdisciplinary intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0197-4572",
doi="10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.09.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.09.002"
}