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21. Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening scores. | PSNet
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    December 07, 2022 - Falls in inpatient healthcare settings are a common patient safety event. … Related Resources Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls … Study The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls … 16, 2022 A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls … Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Geriatrics Hospital Medicine Patient Falls

22. Negotiating safety when staffing falls short. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Commentary Negotiating safety when staffing falls short. … Negotiating Safety when Staffing Falls Short. … Negotiating Safety when Staffing Falls Short.

23. Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Commentary Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. … Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. … Patients at high risk for falls can be targeted for personalized prevention interventions, but such … Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. … March 2, 2012 Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: a path to quality care.

24. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    October 30, 2024 - While applying a fall risk armband helps the team know that someone is at risk of falling, it doesn’ … Take-Home Points If a patient is confused and has a high risk of falling, it is imperative that all … Relying on myself: the lived experience of being at risk for falling in the hospital among older adults … Falls at the geriatric hospital ward in the context of risk factors of falling detected in a comprehensive … History of falls and fear of falling are predictive of future falls: outcome of a fall rate model applied

25. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 18, 2024 - Once a person falls, it doubles their chances of falling again under similar circumstances. … Sarah Mossburg: You mentioned that falling can increase an individual’s fear of falling again. … Falling is a major cause of disability and death in older people. … After a single fall, an older person may become worried about falling again. … For older adults, falling can mean a loss of independence.

26. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight_Falls in Skilled Nursing Units_04.12.2023.pptx (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - impacts on individuals such as increasing their fear of falling or causing depression.2 • Subsequent … medications increased her risk of falling during her NH stay … and the risk of falling.18,19 23 Approach to Fall Prevention and Improving Patient Safety (6) … • Lastly, she was simply at risk for falling because of her impaired cognitive status, as she may … Fear of falling is as important as multiple previous falls in terms of limiting daily activities: a longitudinal

27. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 26, 2023 - impacts on individuals such as increasing their fear of falling or causing depression.2 Subsequent … Additional internal factors include mental health issues such as fear of falling, cognitive impairment … medications increased her risk of falling during her NH stay. … Lastly, she was simply at risk for falling because of her impaired cognitive status, as she may have … Fear of falling is as important as multiple previous falls in terms of limiting daily activities: a

28. ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. | PSNet
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    October 26, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by … Citation Text: ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. … Patient falls  with harm are a common sentinel event. … This news story discusses the unintended consequences of efforts to avoid system penalties for patient falls … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: ‘Fear of falling

29. Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Commentary Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … between preventing falls and a more important goal of encouraging patient mobility. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … July 19, 2023 The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off."

30. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2020 - Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary health education. … Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary health education. … - health-education Patient falls are an ongoing source of preventable harm. … This article describes the implementation of an innovative employee-based education program for falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails

31. In Conversation With… Ann L. Hendrich, RN, PhD | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - But the majority of injurious patient falls have clear intrinsic risk factors. … 18 holes of golf daily as there are falling. … When surgical patients come back, nearly all of them are going to be high risk for falling. … I've seen everything from falling stars to falling leaves to big red signs. … As a policy strategy, do you think falls should have been on that list?

32. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 02, 2020 - Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized … Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized … - nonrandomized Patient falls are an ongoing source of preventable harm, yet mitigating the fall risk … falls with injuries. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails

33. Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. | PSNet
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    December 23, 2016 - Sentinel Event Alerts Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities … Citation Text: Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. … Falls in the hospital are common, particularly among elderly patients , and falls resulting in serious … The Joint Commission recommends several strategies for preventing falls, including identifying patients … These strategies have been successfully applied and shown to reduce falls in high-quality studies .

34. Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. | PSNet
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    May 27, 2020 - Review Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a … Primary care-relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review … Falls are a major source of preventable morbidity and mortality for elderly patients in both the ambulatory … However, efforts to prevent falls have been limited by a lack of high quality evidence supporting specific … Primary care-relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review

35. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 02, 2011 - Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review … Primary care-relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic-evidence-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic-evidence-review

36. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2011 - family members, and health care staff, and may mark the beginning of a negative cycle where fear of falling … Incontinence or urinary frequency can render patients vulnerable to falling while making urgent journeys … challenge can perhaps best be faced by setting aside the question, "How do we prevent patients from falling … and instead repeatedly asking ourselves, "How can I prevent this patient from falling?" … Does vitamin D stop inpatients falling? A randomised controlled trial.

37. 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - Falls in hospitalized patients are a common source of preventable harm, and the incident is considered … The bundle included assessing patients' risk for falling along with several widely used tactics to prevent … falls. … Despite successful implementation of the fall prevention bundle, falls occurred just as frequently on … December 31, 2012 Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls

38. Medication assessment: one determinant of falls risk. | PSNet
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    July 24, 2013 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Medication assessment: one determinant of falls risk. … Citation Text: Medication assessment: one determinant of falls risk. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. … system, this article describes which medication classes were most frequently associated with patient falls … Cite Citation Citation Text: Medication assessment: one determinant of falls … The Topic Risk Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Medication Safety Patient Falls

39. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 17, 2021 - adopting-fall-tailoring-interventions-patient-safety-tips-program-engage-older- adults-fall Patient falls … are an ongoing patient safety concern, yet mitigating falls among inpatients remains challenging. … emphasizes tailored fall-prevention and patient-family engagement, resulted in a decrease in the rate of falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-patient-centered-fall-prevention-tool-kit-reduce-falls-and-injuries-nonrandomized

40. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 06, 2019 - ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fear-falling-how-hospitals-do-even-more-harm-keeping-patients-bed Patient … falls with harm are a common sentinel event. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fear-falling-how-hospitals-do-even-more-harm-keeping-patients-bed https: … //psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls