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Its every facilities goal to have no falls occur each month. But, is it possible? Most of you are probably thinking, no it is not. I disagree. It is possible. It is possible if certain areas of need are met. It takes a team effort that goes beyond the techs and nurses on the floor. Why is preventing falls such a big deal? Because falls cause injury to our patients, injuries to our patients lengthen their hospital stay, and if a fall with an injury occurs the hospital is now financially responsible for the patients care from there on even after discharge and long term care if needed. Here are good ideas you can take to your team at work and utilize to help your fall problem. Every bed has the alarm turned on. Even if the patient is ambulatory. It seems silly. But is the extra 2 minutes taken out of the day to help the patient who can walk on their own go to the bathroom and help them with their IV pole or make sure they have anti slip footwear on a big deal if it prevents a fall? Anti-slip footwear facilities like to go cheap and place a yellow arm band on the patient. No one who is not a floor personnel really notices them. How about yellow anti-slip footwear or gown? its more noticeable so that PT or the speech therapist who helps your patient to the bathroom can really notice that patient is a high fall risk patient. Frequent rounding! we are busy, i know. Take turns with your tech every so often to check on your patient. Change your call bell alarms. We all fall victim to alarm fatigue. If we have a new noise to learn we can subconsciously pay more attention to that alarm. Educate your patient about falls and that your floor is adamant about not having them. Encouraging them to use the call bell every time they need to get up can make a difference. I know that proper staffing is the biggest problem with preventing falls. The fact is we have no control over that. We have to make do with what we have and what we have access to. Preventing falls needs to start from management down. Its a long boring process. But one fall is financially crippling and we need our jobs. We need money to staff and maybe one day be properly staffed. One fall can be more costly than a MD's yearly salary. Now imagine having 1-3 a month in most facilities. I hope this can help some of you and I encourage all of you to add some more of your ideas and best practices in the comments below. Thank you for your support on Instagram. Look me up @nursidosis and follow for nursing education and humor. Your fellow nurse, Frank Trujillo