*Corresponding author:
Abigail Mitchell, DHEd, MSN, RN, CNE, FHERDSA, Director of Grad Nursing, D’Youvill College, Buffalo, New York, USAReceived: January 17, 2018; Published: January 23, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.02.000686
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The prevalence of inpatient falls on medical/surgical floors is of great concern among many hospitals. Research has shown that up to 15% of hospitalized patients fall at least once during their hospital stay [1] identifying an immediate need for nursing intervention. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to create a new fall risk tool to specifically help nurses on medical/surgical floors assess their patients, identify each patients risk score per shift, and implement proper fall precautions based on the determined scores. Faye Glenn Abdellah’s theory served as the theoretical framework for this study.
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