The educational intervention program will be successful in preventing falls only after nurses start to apply the approach. Before implementing the education program, the organization needs to evaluate the needs, set goals, and start preparing for the change to prevent falls (Anaele-Nwogu, 2020). For complete sustenance and implementation of the nurse’s education intervention, there is a need to integrate organizational ongoing operation procedures.
The strategy starts by defining the responsibilities and roles of nurses in preventing falls and the requirement to change to execute the best approaches. This will assist in minimizing resistance to the educational intervention by ensuring that all nurses understand why the concept is important (Ayton et al., 2017). The strategy address certain sections of paths and roles of accountability and communication. This paper summarizes the strategic plan for the nursing education intervention program in reducing falls.
The approach considers the delivery of data on fall risks in patient’s hands off to other areas and during discharge of patients. All levels of management are involved in obtaining their support and assisting in improving the educational practices of nurses to prevent patient falls. During the implementation, there is a monitoring system to track the changes in the rates of falls. The program is sustained through constant informing of senior managers on the progress of reducing falls. The top managers are vital as they are the source of resources, communication and assists in removing limitations of the intervention (Boye-Doe, 2017).
Pilot testing of the educational approach is essential as it helps identify any challenges in the recommended processes and practices at the early phase hence improving the program in implementation. The data from the pilot test assists the organization in adopting the nursing education in meeting hospital requirements. After completing the pilot study, there will be enough data on sections that need education to improve nurses’ knowledge. Nursing education needs to operate closely with the hospital’s existing understanding of fall prevention experts.
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