CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Boni Bogart, RN, BSN, PCCN
Teresa Sao, RN, ADN
Julie Tarbell, RN, BSN
Staffing and resource reallocation
CSI Participants
Rendell Beltran, RN, BSNBoni Bogart, RN, BSN, PCCN
Teresa Sao, RN, ADN
Julie Tarbell, RN, BSN
Project Goals/Objectives
- To decrease patient falls 5 percent
- To increase staff’s perception of adequate staffing 10 percent
- To decrease employee injuries 5 percent
- To increase patient perception of staff responsiveness to needs 10 percentiles on HCAHPS scores
Project Outcomes
- Reduced patient falls 50 percent
- Increased staff’s perception of adequate staffing 43 percent
- Reduced staff injuries 81 percent
- These outcomes resulted in an estimated annual fiscal impact of $1,086,147.
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Disclaimer
The AACN CSI Academy program supports change projects based on quality improvement methods. Although CSI teams seek to ensure linkage between their project and clinical/fiscal outcomes, data cannot be solely attributed to the project and are estimations of impact.