Marites D. Sewell, PhD, MSN, FNP, CCRN-K

Nurse Manager – US Department of Veterans Affairs

Marites D. Sewell, PhD, MSN, FNP, CCRN-K, is a nurse manager in GLA Community Living Center. She has been a co-chair with the Falls Committee for approximately five years. Through leadership and nursing evidence, the co-chair team and she worked to initiate interventions that correlate with downward trends of facility falls rates at our organization.

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Model For Reducing Patient Falls in Hospitalized and Long-Term Care Center Patients

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Our intervention resulted in a sustained reduction in falls below the national average over a 24-month period, falling from 3.41/1000 BDOC in FY 21 to 2.29/1000 BDOC through FY 22. The National Aggregate falls rate for FY22 was 4.06/1000BDOC. Daily...

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