Performing Purposeful Hourly Rounding: Promoting Optimal Outcomes Tanya R. Johnson, RN Grand Canyon University: NRS 451 VN April 28, 2018 Performing Purposeful Hourly Rounding: Promoting Optimal Outcomes A published report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals over 30 billion dollars spent for injuries due to falls among US patient population (CDC, 2014). Injuries reduce a patients quality of life which leads to an early death. Healthy People 2020 projects that the costs of falls alone will impact the health care industry by 67.7 billion dollars and falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults, which are treated in emergency departments every 13 seconds and claim a life every 20 minutes (Office of Disease Prevention and Health...