@article{ref1,
title="Making fall risk assessment clinically relevant in an adult psychiatric setting",
journal="Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services",
year="2020",
author="Mathew, Lilly and Steigman, Darlene and Driscoll, Denise and Moran-Peters, Judith Ann and Fischer, Ira M. and Cordle, Patricia and Hyde, Vanessa Marie Bishop and Eckardt, Sarah",
volume="58",
number="2",
pages="21-26",
abstract="The purpose of this non-experimental descriptive study was to measure psychiatric clinical nurses' (N = 25) perceptions of the Edmonson Psychiatric Falls Risk Assessment Tool<sup>©</sup> (EPFRAT) compared to the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and to evaluate patient falls with injury rates 12 months before and after the study. The setting was a 27-bed, adult psychiatric unit in a community-based teaching hospital located in the Northeast region of the United States. The EPFRAT and MFS were used to assess fall risk in 216 patients over 3 months. <br><br>FINDINGS indicated that the EPFRAT was more user-friendly and relevant; improved nurses' clinical judgment in identifying high-risk patients; and nurses were supportive toward changing practice from using the MFS to EPFRAT for fall risk assessment. Falls with injury rates decreased by 0.52 per 1,000 patient care days post-implementation of the EPFRAT. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58(2), 21-26.].<br><br>Copyright 2020, SLACK Incorporated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0279-3695",
doi="10.3928/02793695-20191106-01",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20191106-01"
}