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Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening scores.

Solares NP, Calero P, Connelly CD. Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening scores. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(2):100-106. 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000645

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March 15, 2023
Solares NP, Calero P, Connelly CD. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(2):100-106.
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Falls in inpatient healthcare settings are a common patient safety event. This study including 201 older inpatient adults evaluated the relationship between the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk score and patient perceptions of fall risk. Researchers found that the greater the patient’s confidence in their ability to perform a high fall-risk behavior, the lower the fall-risk score.

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Solares NP, Calero P, Connelly CD. Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening scores. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(2):100-106. 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000645

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