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Description

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Purpose of Activity

To provide registered professional nurses and allied health professionals with an understanding of best practice, evidence-based guidelines for the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the incidence of falls in older patients in acute care hospitals.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

List evidence-based interventions to reduce falls and injuries from falls in older adults in acute care hospitals.

Disclosures

The planners have no financial relationships related to this educational activity.

Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • KY-BON 1.5 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
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The ANCC's accreditation status of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Department of Continuing Education refers only to its continuing nursing educational activities and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product.





Planner
Test Code: JBIBP0912
Published: October 2012
Expires: 12/31/2026
Collections: Never Events: Falls
Sources: Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Best Practice Modules
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Joanna Briggs Institute
Categories: Drug Therapy , Education , Evidence Based Practice , Geriatrics , Hospital , Long Term Care , Research , Safety
Specialties: Gerontology