Fall Risk Assessment

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Background

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The Chinese Nursing Association recommended the Morse Fall Risk Assessment Scale with clinical judgement for adult inpatients in 2021. — Experiences of nurse managers in preventing and managing inpatient falls: a qualitative descriptive study
• Nurse managers viewed the Morse Fall Scale as overly general and subjective, with limited predictive validity. — Experiences of nurse managers in preventing and managing inpatient falls: a qualitative descriptive study
• The article presents single fall-risk screening tools as insufficient for reducing falls and less comprehensive than multifactorial assessment. — Experiences of nurse managers in preventing and managing inpatient falls: a qualitative descriptive study
• Managers wanted multidisciplinary assessment involving specialists such as neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, and nutritionists. — Experiences of nurse managers in preventing and managing inpatient falls: a qualitative descriptive study
• Managers envisioned intelligent systems that could collect gait and medication data, produce real-time alerts, and integrate findings dynamically. — Experiences of nurse managers in preventing and managing inpatient falls: a qualitative descriptive study