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Enviromental Factors
Fall Assessments
Post Fall Assessment
Patient Specific Risk Factors
Did You Know?
100

Is important in rooms and halls to prevent tripping hazards.

Lighting 

100

Is used for assessing a patients risk of falling within the first 12 hours of a hospital encounter. 

Morse

100

A sudden, unintentional descent, with or without injury to the patient, which results in the patient coming to rest on the floor, on or against some other surface, on another person, or on an object. 

Fall

100

The manner or pattern of walking. 

Gait

100

Are the leading cause of injury and deaths in adults in a hospital setting. 

Falls

200

Are installed near toilets and showers to help patients bear weight. 

Grab bars 

200

How often should the fall risk assessment be completed on an inpatient?

Q12 hours 

200

A fall is documented in this section of the Shift Navigator. 

Provider Notification 

200

These can create side effects decreasing a patient's ability to ambulate. 

Medications 

200

Neonate falls commonly happen when - 

At night when person holding falls asleep 

300

Are turned on if a patient is a high fall risk which will provide nurses with a green light.

Bed Alarms 

300

Interventions put in place if a patient is assessed as High Fall Risk.

Advanced Fall Preventions 

300

Should be re-assessed after a patient falls. 

Fall Risk 

300

These patients are at a higher risk for injury due to memory loss. 

Dementia 

300

Your Local Process Owner for Falls is 

"Your Name"

400

Are bright yellow, grippy and used on fall risk patients. 

Socks

400

Checking the patients' needs related to Pain, Potty, Position and Possessions is done through-

Purposeful Hourly Rounding 

400

Should be notified of a fall and a plan of care going forward. 

Family

400

Are used to help a patient ambulate safely.

Mobility Aids

400

Is completing fall risk assessments while rounding on patients. 

Unit Leader 

500

Should be brought close to patient before exiting the room. 

Personal belongings 

500

A virtual monitoring system that can monitor up to 10 patients. 

Safety Companion 

500

Should occur after all falls to communicate findings, successes and oppurtunities for improvement.

Debriefing 

500

The feeling of having to use the bathroom often. 

Urinary Urgency 

500

$62,521 is the average cost of a 

Fall