Navicent Health is pleased to announce that it has received HD Nursing’s 2018 Milestone Award for “Organizational Excellence.” In order to achieve this award, Navicent Health demonstrated a strong culture of safety and proven fall reduction, as well as a culture of servant leadership.

In 2018, Navicent Health implemented HD Nursing’s Falls Program and the “predict, prevent, sustain” program model. Navicent Health demonstrated a 31 percent decline in anticipated physiologic falls and a 55 percent reduction in injury falls within six months of implementing the HD Nursing Falls Program.

“Navicent Health is committed to patient safety, and actively seeks new models in an effort to continuously improve the care we provide. By implementing HD Nursing’s Falls Program, we are ensuring our patients remain safe while receiving high quality, patient centered care,” said Tom Oliver, MD, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of Navicent Health Enterprise Clinical Systems.

In addition, Navicent Health was also recognized for its commitment to developing nursing leaders and supporting individual nursing growth through the HD Nursing Program. Four Navicent Health nurses received individual HD Nursing Awards, including the following:

Outstanding Leadership - Meryl Montgomery, RN,  Nursing Professional Practice Coordinatorwas

Clinical Effectiveness - Maredyth Walters, RN, Renal Care Nurse Director

Excellence In Education  - Angela Walker, RN, Nurse Education Specialist

Building IT - Diane Bloodworth, RN, System Analyst with IS Clinical Applications

“Navicent Health is committed to developing nursing leaders to train the next generation of nurse. These four women are respected and recognized for their continued contributions to Navicent Health, and we are pleased that they are now recognized at the national level as well,” said Tracey Blalock, RN, Chief Nursing Executive for Navicent Health.

HD Nursing is a national organization dedicated toimproving falls and injury management across the continuum of care. HD Nursing provides individualized, evidence-based and validated falls management solutions program meeting best practice approaches for acute care falls management.

The HD Nursing Falls program uses the Hester Davis Scale for Falls Risk Assessment developed to predict anticipated falls in adult patients in a variety of  settings. The HD Care Plan adjusts based on patient’s real time condition. The Hester Davis Scale was developed over two years through research involving retrospective evaluation of patient characteristics of those patients who fell in our organization. The Hester Davis Scale continues to yield positive results for both facilities and patients.