Overview: The Hendrich II Fall Risk Model is used to
assess a hospitalized patient’s risk of falling. Designed
to be administered quickly, it focuses on eight independent
risk factors: confusion, disorientation, and
impulsivity; symptomatic depression; altered elimination;
dizziness or vertigo; male sex; administration of
antiepileptics (or changes in dosage or cessation);
administration of benzodiazepines; and poor performance
in rising from a seated position in the Get-
Up-and-Go test. (This screening tool is included in a
series, Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care to
Older Adults, from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing at New York University’s College of Nursing.)
For a free online video demonstrating the use of this
tool, go to http://links.lww.com/A111.
Overview: The Hendrich II Fall Risk Model is used to
assess a hospitalized patient’s risk of falling. Designed
to be administered quickly, it focuses on eight independent
risk factors: confusion, disorientation, and
impulsivity; symptomatic depression; altered elimination;
dizziness or vertigo; male sex; administration of
antiepileptics (or changes in dosage or cessation);
administration of benzodiazepines; and poor performance
in rising from a seated position in the Get-
Up-and-Go test. (This screening tool is included in a
series, Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care to
Older Adults, from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing at New York University’s College of Nursing.)
For a free online video demonstrating the use of this
tool, go to http://links.lww.com/A111.
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