Patient Falls in Labor and Delivery

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Patient Falls in Labor and Delivery

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Brenda Baker, PhD, RNC, CNS , Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
Jeanette Dupree, RN, BSN , Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

Discipline: Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Describe fall risk factors specific to pregnant women
  • Describe methods used to review fall events and develop a falls screening tool
  • Discuss outcomes related to a population specific falls screening tool and prevention program

    • Submission Description:
    At an academic medical center with approximately 2,200 births per year an innovative project was undertaken to develop a population specific falls prevention and screening program. The results of this program reduced falls in Labor and Delivery from 10 in 2008 to two in 2013.

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