Nursing Project: Analysis of Comprehensive Care and Fall Prevention

This nursing project analyzes the importance of comprehensive care and fall prevention strategies within healthcare settings. The project is structured around two key topics: comprehensive care planning and fall prevention programs. The first topic discusses the significance of healthcare organizations developing systems for comprehensive care, including the development, documentation, and communication of treatment plans to meet clinical needs and facilitate timely patient referrals. It emphasizes the importance of clinicians collaborating with patients and families and utilizing data analysis to improve processes. The second topic focuses on the establishment of fall prevention systems, including adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines to minimize patient harm and post-fall management. The project highlights the need for organizations to develop procedures for preventing falls and implementing risk management approaches, ultimately aiming to reduce fall risks and improve patient outcomes. The project concludes that effective processes for comprehensive care and fall prevention are essential for meeting organizational needs, ensuring accountability, and improving patient safety.

NURSING PROJECT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................1
Topic 1 (5.4).....................................................................................................................................1
Background .................................................................................................................................1
Discussion ...................................................................................................................................1
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................1
Topic 2 (5.24)...................................................................................................................................1
Background .................................................................................................................................1
Discussion ...................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

ABSTRACT
Topic 1 (5.4)
Background
Health service organisations have systems for the comprehensive care for supporting the
clinicians for developing, documentation and for communicating the comprehensive plans for the
treatment and care of patient. They have to ensure that the care provides is settled in such manner
which meets the clinical needs in best manner (Böttiger and et.al., 2020). The study also
discussed the importance of timely referral of the patients with the special healthcare need for
relevant services.
Discussion
The research has provided that the healthcare groups to progress and coordinate the
patients' care and to reach the agreed goals. Clinicians should develop their care plan in
collaboration with the patients, families and carers and other people involved in care. Institutions
could also work with the process groups to make use of documents and the electronic systems for
the comprehensive care planning. They are required to develop the patient flow process which is
focused and centred over placing patients to right bed at once (Action 5.4, 2020). It shall use the
data for analysing existing process to make the improvements. They have to develop processes
that have the overall accountability for patient's care. It could be achieved by segregating the
responsibilities with clinicians.
Conclusion
The study concludes that it is essential for the care institutions to develop the effective
processes for developing and monitoring the processes. The effective care setting helps in
meeting the organisational needs and keeping accountability for the patients. Roles and
responsibilities could be shared between people for avoiding the inconsistencies with patient
information.
Topic 2 (5.24)
Background
The study provides that healthcare organisations providing services to the patients at fall
risk should have systems consistent with effective practice guidelines. They are related to falls
prevention. Minimising the harm from fall and actions for post fall management. Clinical
practices should adopt for managing and preventing the falls should be evidence based and the
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patient risk as well as harm should be minimised (de Souza and et.al., 2019). Organisations
should develop the procedures to prevent the falls and to develop the risk management approach
for patients.
Discussion
Research states that organisation should develop the steps where the fall remains the
major safety and the quality risks for patients. Falls prevention and the harm minimisation plan
could be established over best practices and the evidences improves patient outcomes. They
should adopt the guidelines preventing the harm and falls in the older people that are more prone
to fall risks (Action 5.24, 2020). It has been seen that these steps reduces the risk of falls and also
harm from falls are minimised. It has been seen in the study that complying with the guidelines
also helps in post fall management and helping to recover through proper care plan and
treatment.
Conclusion
The study concludes that organisations establishing systems for fall prevention has
reduced the risks to considerable extent and also the harm caused from fall is reduced.
Complying with the guidelines provides the institutions to manage the patients also after fall.
Systems are developed after analysing the areas that are most prone to fall.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Böttiger, B.W., and et.al., 2020. Up to 206 million people reached and over 5.4 million trained in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide: the 2019 international liaison committee on
resuscitation World restart a heart initiative. Journal of the American Heart
Association. 9(15). p.e017230.
de Souza, A.B., and et.al., 2019. In-hospital falls in a large hospital in the south of Brazil: A 6-
year retrospective study. Applied Nursing Research. 48. pp.81-87.
Online
Action 5.24. 2020. Available through: <https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-
standards/comprehensive-care-standard/minimising-patient-harm/action-524>
Action 5.4 .2020. Available through: <https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-
standards/comprehensive-care-standard/clinical-governance-and-quality-improvement-
support-comprehensive-care/action-54>
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