FALLS
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), - What is "an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury to the patient"
The official definition of a patient FALL
What range of people fall in U.S. hospitals each year.
What is 700,000 to 1,000,000?
Following a fall event, the RN must complete______.
What is a KEEPSAFE?
This class of medications - causes the urgent need for toileting and increased risk for falls.
What are diuretics and laxatives?
To prevent hospital falls, nurses often place this pressure-sensitive "alarm" pad under a patient's bedsheets.
What is a Posey bed alarm?
This event occurs when a healthcare staff member is present and actively clears or eases the patient's descent to break the fall.
What is an Assisted Fall
According to the NYP Falls Dashboard - When do most Falls occur?
What is the "During Night shift"
What is getting to the 5 "Why's"
During a post-fall huddle, the CNM and Primary Nurse assess to find root causes by completing the POST FALL HUDDLE FORM
A class of medications that can depress the central nervous system, decrease alertness, pain perception, and alter physical coordination.
What are Narcotics and sedatives?
Falls that are caused by environmental or extrinsic hazards, such as slipping on a wet floor or tripping over clutter.
What are Accidental Falls
When should the Morse Fall Assessment be completed?
What is Q Shift and with a change in patient status
When should the Morse Fall Assessment be completed?
What is "Every shift and with a change in patient status."
Falls that are caused by sudden, unpredictable medical events that could not be foreseen in standard risk assessments, such as a seizure or a syncopal episode.
What are Unanticipated Physiological Falls
Which gender is at a higher risk for falls?
Women.
Accelerated Bone loss - Post-menopausal estrogen loss significantly accelerates osteoporosis, which degrades balance and physical performance menopause
Lower Baseline Muscle Mass - Sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) leaves older women with less lower-body strength to steady themselves if they trip.
Falls caused by known, predictable clinical factors such as unstable gait, history of falling, altered mental status, frequent toileting, or specific high-risk medications.
What are Anticipated Physiological Falls