Fall Risk Assessment: Best Practices for Nursing Staff in the Hospital Setting
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* The CAPTURE Falls team acknowledges Alfred Health, Victoria, Australia for sharing the FRASS. The FRASS was originally developed by Suzanne Mac Avoy, Teresa Skinner & Maria Hines. Alfred Health has given permission for the hospitals actively engaged in the CAPTURE Falls project to use the FRASS. Other interested facilities should contact:
Lee Hughes
Harm Free Clinical Consultant
Caulfield Hospital
260 Kooyong Road Caulfield
Victoria 3162 Australia
Email
** Permission is needed to use the Johns Hopkins tool. Facilities interested in using the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool should contact:
Stephanie S. Poe, MScN, RN, Clinical Quality, Department of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Administration 220, Baltimore, MD
21287 Email or consult these references:
Poe, SS; Cvach, MM; Gartrell, DG; Radzik, BR; Joy, TL. "An Evidence-based Approach to Fall Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Management Lessons Learned." J Nurs Care Qual. 2005; 20(2): 107–116.
Poe, SS; Cvach, M; Dawson, PB; Straus, H; Hill, EE. "The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool Postimplementation Evaluation." J Nurs Care Qual. 2007; 22(4): 293–298.
