Citation

Mathew L, Steigman D, Driscoll D, Moran-Peters JA, Fischer IM, Cordle P, Hyde VMB, Eckardt S. J. Psychosoc. Nurs. Ment. Health Serv. 2020; 58(2): 21-26.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Healio)

DOI

10.3928/02793695-20191106-01

PMID

32003861

Abstract

The purpose of this non-experimental descriptive study was to measure psychiatric clinical nurses' (N = 25) perceptions of the Edmonson Psychiatric Falls Risk Assessment Tool^© (EPFRAT) compared to the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and to evaluate patient falls with injury rates 12 months before and after the study. The setting was a 27-bed, adult psychiatric unit in a community-based teaching hospital located in the Northeast region of the United States. The EPFRAT and MFS were used to assess fall risk in 216 patients over 3 months.

FINDINGS indicated that the EPFRAT was more user-friendly and relevant; improved nurses' clinical judgment in identifying high-risk patients; and nurses were supportive toward changing practice from using the MFS to EPFRAT for fall risk assessment. Falls with injury rates decreased by 0.52 per 1,000 patient care days post-implementation of the EPFRAT. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58(2), 21-26.].

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