In hospitals, patient falls prevention education is frequently delivered by nurses and allied
health professionals. Hospital falls rates remain high globally, despite the many systems and …

Patient education is key to preventing hospital falls yet is inconsistently implemented by
health professionals. A mixed methods study was conducted involving a ward-based …

Hospital falls remain an intractable problem worldwide and patient education is one
approach to falls mitigation. Although educating patients can help their understanding of …

Objective Although health professional education has the potential to mitigate hospital falls
risk, the best methods to develop, deliver and evaluate health professional education remain …

Introduction Falls prevention in hospitals is an ongoing challenge worldwide. Despite a wide
variety of recommended falls mitigation strategies, few have strong evidence for …

Background Hospital falls remain a frequent and debilitating problem worldwide. Most
hospital falls prevention strategies have targeted clinician education, environmental …

Purpose. Falls prevention is a practice context with a rapidly expanding evidence-base.
However, little is known about the implementation of this evidence into practice by health …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to understand how staff responded to
individualised patient falls prevention education delivered as part of a cluster randomised …

Background Falls in hospitals remain a major challenge to patient safety. All hospitalised
adults are at risk of falling during their inpatient stay, though this risk is not always realised …

Background Falls in hospitals are a major risk to patient safety. Health professional
education has the potential to be an important aspect of falls prevention interventions. This …