BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense - Kimberly L ester Title: Enhancing Nursing Staff Knowledge Through Fall Prevention Edu cation Focused on Patients with Dementia Date: 4/21/2026 Time: 12:00PM ZOO M: Please contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link Committee Members: Project Faculty Mentor: Martha M. Whitfield, PhD Second Reader: Kristin Magan, PhD Site Mentor: Joanne Roque, BSN, MS Abstract: Dementia can increase the ri sks of falls leading to physical and psychological injuries. This quality improvement project was held at a long-term care facility in Southeastern Massachusetts with Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certif ied Nursing Assistants. The goals of this project were to increase nursing staff knowledge around fall prevention focused on residents with dementia and reduce falls in this population. A fall prevention intervention focus ed on residents with dementia that included a slide presentation, fall haz ard and dementia perspective exercises. The intervention was based on an A HRQ Improving Patient Safety in Long Term Care toolkit. Fall data was coll ected three months prior to the intervention in one-month intervals and on e month after the intervention. While the sample size did not meet power a nd there was no demonstrated significance between pre- and post-fall knowl edge scores (p=.449), the intervention was well received, with positive an ecdotal reports from participating staff. Fall data collected one month po st intervention showed a 14% improvement. However, results should be inter preted with caution given the relatively short timeframe.\nEvent page: htt ps://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences-dnp- defense---kimberly-lester.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

College of Nursing and Health S ciences DNP Defense - Kimberly Lester

Title: Enhancing Nursing Sta ff Knowledge Through Fall Prevention Education Focused on Patients with De mentia

Date: 4/21/2026

Time: 12:00PM

ZOOM: Please contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link

Committee Members:

Pr oject Faculty Mentor: Martha M. Whitfield\, PhD

Second Reader: Kri stin Magan\, PhD

Site Mentor: Joanne Roque\, BSN\, MS

Abst ract:

Dementia can increase the risks of falls leading to physical and psychological injuries. This quality improvement project was held at a long-term care facility in Southeastern Massachusetts with Registered Nu rses\, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants. The goa ls of this project were to increase nursing staff knowledge around fall pr evention focused on residents with dementia and reduce falls in this popul ation. A fall prevention intervention focused on residents with dementia t hat included a slide presentation\, fall hazard and dementia perspective e xercises. The intervention was based on an AHRQ Improving Patient Safety i n Long Term Care toolkit. Fall data was collected three months prior to th e intervention in one-month intervals and one month after the intervention . While the sample size did not meet power and there was no demonstrated s ignificance between pre- and post-fall knowledge scores (p=.449)\, the int ervention was well received\, with positive anecdotal reports from partici pating staff. Fall data collected one month post intervention showed a 14% improvement. However\, results should be interpreted with caution given t he relatively short timeframe.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing-and -health-sciences-dnp-defense---kimberly-lester.php

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