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Educational Program on Risk Management - Part One: Outline of Topic

Student’s Name

Institutional Affiliation

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Educational Program on Risk Management - Part One: Outline of Topic

In-Service fall education outline

Introduction

The aspect of patients falling within a hospital setting is a dominant issue across the world.

Patient’s fall costs a health facility a significant amount of money. The latter leads to substantial

economic burden incase the patients sustain serious injuries. The most effective way to prevent

such incidents is to devise a risk assessment and prevention plan. The plan should cover the

following:

a. Diagnosis

b. Medication

c. Unsteady gait

d. Altered mental status

e. Poor environmental safety

f. Poor vision

g. Incontinence

Objectives

a. Proper Assessment and Reassessment Technique

Involve using a standard tool to establish risk factors associated with falls such as the

Morse Fall Scale. The latter includes the age of the patient, cognitive status, gender, as

well as the level of functions. A reassessment for falls which provides for changes for a

patient should be conducted.

b. Safety information to be shared across clinical and non-clinical staff on every level. The

latter to be performed using non-verbal cues.

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Running head: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON RISK MANAGEMENT OUTLINE Educational Program on Risk Management - Part One: Outline of Topic Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation 1 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON RISK MANAGEMENT OUTLINE 2 Educational Program on Risk Management - Part One: Outline of Topic In-Service fall education outline Introduction The aspect of patients falling within a hospital setting is a dominant issue across the world. Patient’s fall costs a health facility a significant amount of money. The latter leads to substantial economic burden incase the patients sustain serious injuries. The most effective way to prevent such incidents is to devise a risk assessment and prevention plan. The plan should cover the following: a. Diagnosis b. Medication c. Unsteady gait d. Altered mental status e. Poor environmental safety f. Poor vision g. Incontinence Objectives a. Proper Assessment and Reassessment Technique Involve using a standard tool to establish risk factors associated with falls such as the Morse Fall Scale. The latter includes the age of the patient, cognitive status, gender, as well as the level of functions. A reassessment for falls which provides for changes for a patient should be conducted. b. Safety information to be shared across clinical and non-clinical staff on every level. The latter to be performed using non-verbal cues. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON RISK MANAGEMENT OUTLINE 3 Rationale a. If an efficient assessment and reassessment techniques are adop ...
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