Have PT provide walker training for total knees Keep siderails on carts up Fall assessment completed by PAT Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Use safety belts in the OR Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Patients should wear non- slip socks Provide crutch training as needed Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Risk factors: Poor lighting Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Risk factors: Patient history of falls Use gait belt as needed Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Make sure patients have their call lights within reach Have PT provide walker training for total knees Keep siderails on carts up Fall assessment completed by PAT Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Use safety belts in the OR Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Patients should wear non- slip socks Provide crutch training as needed Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Risk factors: Poor lighting Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Risk factors: Patient history of falls Use gait belt as needed Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Make sure patients have their call lights within reach
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
O-Have PT provide walker training for total knees
O-Keep siderails on carts up
I-Fall assessment completed by PAT
G-Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient
N-Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over
B-Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails
N-Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.)
G-Grab bars are available in the bathrooms
O-Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets
B-Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia)
I-Use safety belts in the OR
G-Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment
O-Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives
I-Patients should wear non-slip socks
N-Provide crutch training as needed
G-Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs
G-Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients
I-Risk factors: Poor lighting
B-Risk factors: Slick or wet floors
I-Risk factors: Patient history of falls
N-Use gait belt as needed
B-Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications
B-Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients
O-Make sure patients have their call lights within reach