staff Education
1.Nurses should be educated in the use of fall risk assessment tool,and should be able to describe the rationale for completing a fall assessments on admission,as well as after a fall.
Staff should be familiar with different fall prevention that are appropriate for each patient/resident based upon the result of the fall risk assessment.
2.Staff should be educated about predisposing and precipitating factor foe falls and related prevention strategies and interventions. This will support them in understanding that fall prevention requires a multidisciplinary approach. Staff needs to them,in order to apply them when caring for patients
3. Nurses should be educated about medications that increase the risk for falls in the elderly. In collaboration with the healthcare team,nurses should be able to conduct periodic reviews for elderly patients in their care
4. staff should understand and be able to implement environmental modification as a component of fall prevention strategies