Practice Change
One of the recent changes in the nursing field is the use of video surveillance technology to monitor patients to avoid falls that can sometimes be fatal or result in a serious deterioration of their physical condition. At-risk patients such as those who have just come out of surgery and others who may be positionally unaware can be effectively monitored to avoid the chances of falls. Yearly, about one million patients suffer from falls in the USA, according to Realismedia. The patients often require additional treatment to overcome the extra strain of the fall.
One of the barriers to implementing a video surveillance system in hospitals is the high costs of installation. It requires the hospital management to devote funds to the acquisition and installation of cameras and screen monitors in the hospital. Another barrier is that the installation requires additional training of the hospital staff on its use and accompanying communication (Cournan, 2016). A nurse and a doctor need to be on the same wavelength language-wise when describing a patient’s propensity to fall or fall rate.
Common barriers when translating research into practice, in this case, include organizational barriers. A hospital may be unwilling to implement the video monitoring system for patients because it contradicts its privacy policy on patients. Moreover, they may be unwilling to spend a significant amount of cash on the program if it means that they are unable to spend on other organizational priorities. Another potential barrier to the proposed system may be individually focused. Some of the employees of the hospital may be unwilling to accept the change (Sand-Jecklin, 2016). It may reduce the personnel requirements for sitters and nurses overall for the firm and might face some resistance from hospital personnel.
References
Cournan, M., Fusco‐Gessick, B., & Wright, L. (2016). Improving patient safety through video monitoring. Rehabilitation Nursing.
Sand-Jecklin, K., Johnson, J. R., & Tylka, S. (2016). Protecting patient safety: can video monitoring prevent falls in high-risk patient populations?. Journal of nursing care quality, 31(2), 131-138.
Reliasmedia.com. 2020. Video Monitoring Reduces Falls As Well As Cutting Costs For Hospitals. [online] Available at: <https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/135769-video-monitoring-reduces-falls-as-well-as-cutting-costs-for-hospitals> [Accessed 16 August 2020].