Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

Task 2 XAP1-0219

Western Governors University

Healthcare problem As reported by World Health Organization (2015). Among the top five leading health conditions associated with disability in older adults 60 years and older is falls.

Significance of the problem The significance of the problem is increased cost, length of stay in the hospital, injury, and mortality.

Current practice related to the problem The current practice at my organization is using bed alarms on high risk patients, briefly educating them about falls and having them sign a contract acknowledging their risk for falls. These practices are not always effective in preventing falls as patients under estimate their risk for falls...