Problem:
In order to evaluate an evidence-based practice project, it is important to be able to determine the effectiveness of your change. Based on faculty feedback from your Topic 5 implementation plan, make updates to your objectives and outcomes. List one objective and its associated outcome. How will you be able to evaluate whether or not this outcome was met? Discuss how using this process of evaluation will allow you to evaluate whether your project made a difference in practice. Please include in- text citations
My project to topic- This project seeks to address the problem of lack of education of nurses at Cambridge Care Center on fall prevention. Older adults are disproportionately affected by falls, which often result in severe injuries. Imparting nurses with the requisite fall prevention education may significantly reduce the probability of patient falls.
My objective: Within a month of implementing the education program, nurses' knowledge and awareness of fall prevention strategies should have improved.
My measurable outcome: A 20% rise in nurses' fall prevention knowledge scores from pre-intervention to post-intervention assessments, indicating a substantial improvement.
References
Aguwa, H. (2019). Nursing Education to Prevent Resident Falls in Long-Term Care. International Journal of Public Health, 19(24), 621.
Montejano-Lozoya, R., Miguel-Montoya, I., Gea-Caballero, V., Mármol-López, M. I., Ruíz-Hontangas, A., & Ortí-Lucas, R. (2020). Impact of nurses' intervention in the prevention of falls in hospitalized patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6048.
Park, B. M., Ryu, H. S., Kwon, K. E., & Lee, C. Y. (2019). Development and effect of a fall prevention program based on the King's Goal Attainment Theory for fall high-risk elderly patients in long-term care hospital. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 49(2), 203-214.