You are the Nurse Leader/Administrator at a long-term care facility (not hospita

You are the Nurse Leader/Administrator at a long-term care facility (not hospital). The rates of resident falls have been increasing over the last 6 months to a year in your facility causing some serious injuries for some of the residents. You, as a doctorate of nursing prepared leader, have to adequately describe the issue & create a Process Improvement project using the Six Sigma (DMAIC) process to address and solve the problem. During this part, you will address the DMA – Define, Measure & Analyze stages. A MINIMUM of 5 relevant evidence based sources (best are peer-reviewed articles) should be used and published within the last 5 years. Below are the (DMA) relevant issues to include in your Process Improvement Project:
DEFINE:
•Define the issue: What process are you trying to improve? 
•Describe the team and stakeholders
•Plan out the project
•Make a plan for the change 
MEASURE:
•What metrics will you measure 
•How will you measure success
•How will you collect baseline data
ANALYZE:  
•How will you analyze the data you collect
•What will you use to display data
•What is the reason for your wastes, delays, etc