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The Safety Dance: a Mulitidisciplinary and Multimedia Approach to Fall Prevention

Linda Ann Humphries,Gina Sparks,Sheree Henson-2012-01-03
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Evidence: Geropsychiatric patients tend to have the highest risk for falls. The overall risk of a patient falling in the acute care setting is approximately 1.9 to 3 percent of all hospitalizations and there are approximately 37 million hospitalizations each year in the United States (Currie, L., 2010) The Joint Commission has outlined specific goals to reduce the risk of inpatient falls. Motivating staff to recognize the importance of implementing fall risk initiatives can be challenging, considering the vast amount of ongoing education expectations.

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Evidence: Geropsychiatric patients tend to have the highest risk for falls. The overall risk of a patient falling in the acute care setting is approximately 1.9 to 3 percent of all hospitalizations and there are approximately 37 million hospitalizations each year in the United States (Currie, L., 2010) The Joint Commission has outlined specific goals to reduce the risk of inpatient falls. Motivating staff to recognize the importance of implementing fall risk initiatives can be challenging, considering the vast amount of ongoing education expectations.

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Falling (accident)CommissionDancePatient safetyFall preventionRisk preventionMedicineMedical emergency

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