Learning Center
Education is an essential element of all patient safety programs. In order to help you succeed we provide our education across a broad array of applications and delivery modalities to meet and exceed adult learning needs.
Webinars
Publications and Posters
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SSM Health, a 29-hospital system
Presented at AONE
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Improved overall falls outcomes that included 15 consecutive months of fall rates below the NDNQI benchmark
Houston Methodist at Vizient
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8 hospital systems all
Magnet Designated
Presented at Magnet Conference 2019
HD Nursing supports the accuracy of assessment and individualized care plans
WellSpan at NACNS
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8 acute care hospitals
Presented in 2024
Reduced fall rates by 21% and falls with injury rates by 59%
Cost Avoidance equals $4.7 million
SIH at NPIAP
Braden Hester Pressure Injury Prevention Program
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Sustained a 47% reduction in PIs system wide
HD Nursing Article Library
Fall Prevention Articles
Validation of the Hester Davis Scale for fall risk assessment in a neurosciences population
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Hester, A., Davis, D. (2013).
Psychometric Validation of the Hester Davis Scale for falls risk assessment in a neurosciences population. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 45(5). 1-8. Hester, A.L. (2015).
Predictive Model Development and Validation of the Emergency Hester Davis Scale© for Fall Risk Screening
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Kientz, S., Hester, A. (2020)
Evaluation of an Education Strategy versus Usual Care to Implement the STEADI Algorithm in Primary Care Clinics in an Academic Medical Center
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Urban, K., Wright, P., Hester, A., Curran, Geoffrey., Rojo, M., Tsai, P., (2020)
Preventing injuries from patient falls
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This on-line publication explores fall injury prevention strategies and devices.
Hester, A. (2015) Preventing injuries from patient falls. American Nurse Today, 10(7).
Predicting Injurious Falls in the Hospital Setting: Implications for Practice
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Hester, A.L., Tsai, P., Rettiganti, M., & Mitchell, A. (2016). Predicting injurious falls in the hospital setting: Implications for practice. American Journal of Nursing, 116(9). 2-9.
Patient and system factors associated with
unassisted and injurious falls in hospitals:
an observational study
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Venema, D., Skinner, A.M., Nailon, R., Conley, D., High, R and Jones, K. (2019) Published on line at BMC Geriatrics