FALL PREVENTION

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Across
  1. 3. Ensuring proper ___________ is crucial before ambulating a patient.
  2. 6. Keeping this near the patient helps reduce fall risk.
  3. 7. Educating patients and families about fall prevention improves this.
  4. 8. Assessment done when a patient is admitted to evaluate fall risk.
  5. 9. Brightly colored item often placed on patients to indicate fall risk.
  6. 11. Visual cue (TREE) placed on doors or beds to indicate fall risk.
Down
  1. 1. Commonly used scale to assess fall risk in hospitals.
  2. 2. Patients with these in their legs may have reduced stability.
  3. 4. Patient’s mental confusion is known as this medical term.
  4. 5. Floor surface that increases the likelihood of falls.
  5. 10. Confused or disoriented patients are often considered at _______ for falls.
  6. 12. Time when falls are more likely due to confusion