Event Details

Falls: Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Measurement

Location: Professional Learning Series Webcast | 1:00-2:00 pm

Start Date and Time: February 28, 2013 1:00 pm

Thursday, February 28, 2013 | 1:00–2:00 pm EST

Faculty

Lea Anne Gardner, PhD, RN
Senior Patient Safety Analyst
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

Michelle A. Feil, MSN, RN
Senior Patient Safety Analyst
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

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Continuing Education and Continuing Medical Education information is to come.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1. Identify evidence-based fall risk assessment tools used in inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. Describe how pairing fall risk assessment with mobility tests and injury risk assessment may further contribute to decreased falls and falls with injury.
3. Plan a standardized approach to implementing evidence-based prevention strategies for patients identified at risk to fall, targeted to identified risk factors.
4. Outline methods for measuring processes and outcomes related to inpatient and outpatient falls.

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