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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Preventing Patient Falls | |
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Creating a Fall Intervention Program: An Overview | |
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The Problem of Patient Falls | |
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Identifying Types of Falls | |
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Collecting Baseline Data | |
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Planning a Fall Intervention Program | |
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Institutional Coordination for Fall Prevention | |
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Creating a Safe Environment: Preventing Accidental Falls | |
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Ensuring a Safe Environment | |
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The Walkthrough | |
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Structural Features as a Threat to Patient Safety | |
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Conducting Equipment Safety Checks | |
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Patient Safety Care Practices | |
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Monitoring Falls in the Institution | |
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Recording Fall Rates | |
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The Injury Rate | |
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Classifying Injuries | |
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Common Errors in Reporting | |
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Establishing Baseline Data | |
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Institutional Monitoring | |
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Predicting Physiological Anticipated Falls | |
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Assessing Fall Risk: Patient Assessment | |
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The Morse Fall Scale | |
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Scoring the Morse Fall Scale | |
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Determining Level of Risk | |
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Using the MFS | |
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Preparing to Implement a Fall Prevention Program | |
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The Interdisciplinary Consultation Team | |
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Pediatric Falls | |
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Intervention: Fall Prevention and Protection | |
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Routine Fall Intervention Strategies | |
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Unanticipated Physiological Falls | |
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Physiological Anticipated Falls | |
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Interventions as Prevention Strategies and Protection Strategies | |
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Monitoring Individuals Who Fall: Identifying Patterns | |
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The Fall | |
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Conducting a Fall Assessment | |
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Components of a Fall Assessment | |
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Program | |
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How Do You Know If Your Fall Program Is Working? | |
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How Do You Know If the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) Is Working In Your Setting? | |
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Does the MFS Have Norms? | |
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Benchmarking | |
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Appendices: Researching Patient Falls | |
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Development of the Morse Fall Scale | |
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The Establishment of a Database | |
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Identifying Significant Variables | |
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Obtaining Scale Weights for Each Item | |
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Determining the Level of Risk | |
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Computer Testing of the Scale | |
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Estimation of Reliability | |
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Establishment of Validity | |
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The Morse Fall Scale: Determining Level of Risk | |
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Calculating Risk | |
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Valuing the Cost of an Incorrect Decision | |
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A Comparison of Methods for Calculating Fall Rates | |
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Patient Fall Rates | |
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The Number of Patients at Risk | |
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The Number of Patients Who Fell | |
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The Number of Falls per Bed | |
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The Probability of Falling | |
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Prospective Testing of the Morse Fall Scale | |
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Method | |
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Results | |
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Discussion | |
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Problems in Evaluating Fall Risk Scales | |
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Methods of Scale Development | |
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Models Used to Evaluate Fall Risk Scales | |
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Inappropriate Design Used for Clinical Testing | |
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Errors in Evaluation | |
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Invalid Design of Clinical Testing | |
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Clinical Errors When Using the Scale | |
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Discussion: So What? What Is at Risk? | |
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Translations of the Morse Fall Scale | |
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Danish Version | |
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Spanish Version | |
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German Version | |
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French Version | |
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Japanese Version | |
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Korean Version | |
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Mandarin Version | |
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Filipino Version | |
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Persian Version | |
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Index | |