My research poster focuses on hourly rounding and fall prevention. Preventing falls and associated injuries and costs is crucial to patient safety and to the hospital organization as well. My local community hospital has instituted hourly rounding during the day and every two hour rounding at night and Quality Improvement is collecting data on the results. So far, we have experienced decreased falls. I will be interested in seeing the outcomes over time.
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Your poster looks very professional. Fall prevention is an ongoing quality improvement issue. This systematic review is important not just for your local hospital, but for all hospitals. With all the vital content we all want to display in our posters, there is not much room for graphics, tables, and charts. I like the simplicity of your poster. Easy to read. Good job.
I think the most difficult part of this project was cutting down the information to make it fit on the “poster board”. It seems so small. I’m glad it’s readable. Thanks!
I really like your topic! Hourly rounding not only helps with fall prevention but also a way to lay eyes on the patient and make sure they are ok and not in any distress. Not all patients wear telemetry monitors so there is no way to know if they have fallen or they are unresponsive until a nurse or staff member checks on them and that could be hours. Your poster was well organized and easy to follow. Good job!
Hourly rounding is a structured means of promoting patient-centered communication in a healthcare setting between staff, patients, and their loved ones to ensure the best outcomes. Hourly rounding helps call lights usage decrease, patient satisfaction goes up, skin break down decreases, and patient falls decrease. Hourly rounds includes pain, position, potty, and periphery. It also reduces call light usage 40% for bathroom, 35% by pain, 29% by positioning, 40% by IV/pump alarms, and 39% miscellaneous tasks. Good topic! I love the poster!