This continuing education presentation highlights the importance of fall risk scoring and assessment in  hospitalized patients and provides a detailed overview and instructions for the use of the Morse Fall Scale.

The objectives of this program are to:

• Illuminate the cause, incidence, risk factors, and effects that hospital falls have on patients, caregivers, systems, and society
• Underscore the importance of assessing hospitalized patients’ risk of falls in an effort to improve health outcomes
• Present data and guidelines on tools for triaging patients based on hospital fall risk, such as the Morse Fall Scale
• Describe a hypothetical patient case study so providers can gain practice with implementation of a fall risk scoring tool in their setting

This course is currently only available via an in-person presentation.  Request one here.