TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Making fall risk assessment clinically relevant in an adult psychiatric setting
JO  - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
A1  - Mathew, Lilly
A1  - Steigman, Darlene
A1  - Driscoll, Denise
A1  - Moran-Peters, Judith Ann
A1  - Fischer, Ira M.
A1  - Cordle, Patricia
A1  - Hyde, Vanessa Marie Bishop
A1  - Eckardt, Sarah
SP  - 21
EP  - 26
VL  - 58
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0279-3695
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20191106-01
ID  - ref1
ER  -