Abstract
The prevalence of inpatient falls on #medical/surgical floors is of
great concern among many hospitals. Research has shown that up to 15%
of #hospitalizedpatients fall at least once during their hospital stay
[1] identifying an immediate need for #nursing intervention. The purpose
of
this quality improvement project was to create a new fall risk tool to
specifically help nurses on medical/surgical floors assess their
patients,
identify each patients risk score per shift, and implement proper fall
#precautions based on the determined scores. Faye Glenn Abdellah’s theory
served as the theoretical framework for this study.
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