The Institute for Healthcare Improvement offers a free, downloadable toolkit designed to help healthcare organizations prevent and manage patient falls.
The tool, provided by Bay Pines (Fla.) VA Medical Center, helps identify at-risk patients for falls and outlines recommendations for the nursing management of at-risk patients. The toolkit also includes two algorithms to visualize management of this patient population.
Download the falls prevention and management tool for use in your facility.
Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
The tool, provided by Bay Pines (Fla.) VA Medical Center, helps identify at-risk patients for falls and outlines recommendations for the nursing management of at-risk patients. The toolkit also includes two algorithms to visualize management of this patient population.
Download the falls prevention and management tool for use in your facility.
Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
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