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policy : Nursing Policy: Fall Prevention & Post-Fall Actions

Consolidates nursing requirements, clinical decision tools, standard work, procedures, and staff education for Fall Prevention & Post-Fall Actions. (contact Michelle Longley)

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  1. effective date:

    January 15, 2018

version information:

document authority:   CNO & Nursing Executive Leadership
effective date:   January 15, 2018
keywords:   falls, fall, low bed, side rails, bed alarm, chair alarm, OOB, OOB Plan, Out of Bed Plan, restraint, Johns Hopkins, JHFRAT, Humpty Dumpty, floor pads, Patient Companion, sitters, fell, enclosure bed, low bed, flappable signs, magnet signs, HIGH fall risk, low fall risk, yellow gowns
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