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Patient
Safety
Fall
Assessment
Documentation
Outcomes Intervention
Performance
Improvement
100
The national coding color for fall prevention.
What is yellow?
100
The name of the fall risk assessment tool used is...
What is the Fall Risk Evaluation Assessment?
100
The patient behavior(s) that justify implementating Safety Alert (high fall risk) when the assessed fall risk score is 0 - 2 (low).
What is when the patient is unable or unwilling to follow instructions related to safety?
100
When a patient is high fall risk , is a bed alarm an appropriate intervention.
What is No, Alarms have proven to cause falls?
100
When patients and family are educated about Fall Program, interventions, and safety measures.
What is on admission and any other appropriate time to reinforce information?
200
The shape used for the Safety Alert Program.
What are yellow stars?
200
The Fall Risk Evaluation score that relates to low fall risk.
What is 0 - 4?
200
The appropriate nursing diagnosis to add to the plan of care.
What is risk for injury?
200
Every 15 - 30 minutes.
What is how often a patient is checked that is a high fall risk?
200
The proactive process the facility is using to promote patient safety and improve patient satisfaction. This strategy of checking on patient needs effectively reduces monthly call light use, patient falls, and skin breakdown, while simultaneously increasing satisfaction scores.
What is purposeful hourly rounding?
300
Yellow star magnets are placed here to alert staff that a patient is on Safety Alert.
What is outside the patient's room and on the patient locator board?
300
The Fall Risk Evaluation Assessment score that relates to high fall risk.
What is greater than or equal to 9?
300
Complete an event (incident) report including how patient was found, accurate Schmid score and interventions completed, including notification to MD and administrative coordinator.
What is following a patient fall?
300
Five interventions for patients at high fall risk.
What are don't leave patient alone during toileting, check patient every 15 - 30 minutes, identify room with yellow star magnet, apply chair alarm as appropriate, move patient to room with visual access to nursing station, reinforce the need to call for assistance to move from bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, etc., limit combinations of medications when possible?
300
Any unplanned landing on the floor, including a patient being assisted to the floor by the nursing staff.
What is the definition of a fall?
400
The sign or intervention used for patients at very high fall risk and that staff have highest concern.
What is the "Check on Me" sign?
400
When the fall risk evaluation assessment is completed.
What is on admission, quarterly, thereafter and following a documented fall?
400
The Fall Risk Evaluation Assessment based on the following patient criteria: 1) history of falls prior to admission; 2) ambulates with assist; 3) Ativan order; and 4) needs assistance with toileting.
What is a moderate risk for falls
400
The goal to be written in the plan of care.
What is "free from injury throughout the review date"?
400
Purposeful hourly rounding include these interventions.
What is the patient's current level of pain, need for toileting, need to position patient for comfort, check that necessary items (call light, telephone, bedside table, fresh water, kleenex) are within reach, tell the patient that you or a member of the staff will be back in one (1) hour and before you leave, ask "Is there anything else I can do for you (I have time)? Do you have any questions"?
500
The Safety Alert Program
What is the name of the Fall Prevention Program?
500
The seven criteria assessed by the fall risk evaluation assessment.
What are mental status, history of falls, elimination status, gait/balance ambulation, Systolic blood pressure, Medications, Predisposed diseases/conditions
500
The location of the Fall Risk Evaluation Assessment.
Where is the Assessment under the resident tab?
500
Where to document when a fall occurs
What is the Nursing Progress Note?
500
Where documented fall data should be reviewed monthly
What is the QAPI meeting.