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A Spotlight on Falling to the Ground
Overview
Falls are a major cause of catastrophic injury for older people and can often result in hospitalisation and extended stays, putting them at further risk of falls. This engaging session gives a thorough overview of the standards relating to falls in older people as well as risk factors and evidence-based approaches to prevention.
Recorded: 06 Dec 2017
Comments
Tahlia Erdmann
Good resource. Would recommend to any health professional -- 31 May 2018
Stephen Dunk
very good -- 30 May 2018
Karen Bampfield
Very informative and easily brought into practice where I work -- 29 May 2018
Helena antonysen
-- 21 May 2018
Jennifer Francis
Excellent -- 13 May 2018
Kerry Flude
Very practical -- 10 May 2018
Jennifer Margaret Polglase
Well presented talk about falls and all key points covered thoroughly. -- 10 May 2018
Nicholas Pecache
informative -- 09 May 2018
Trish Soderstrom
Stephanie was excellent. -- 09 May 2018
Nanette HAYNES
Very clearly presented- thank-you -- 08 May 2018
Sarah Ashby
Easy listening -- 08 May 2018
Shilpi katiyar
Good information -- 06 May 2018
Sareet Partington
very good and informative. -- 22 Apr 2018
Geralynn Cameron
A practical guide to assessing patients at risk of falling and prevention strategies that can be ncorporated into patient care to reduce falls risk. -- 16 Apr 2018
Wendy Nicol
Very interesting and I am able to take some of the information and put it into my nursing practise.
Stephanie a very good presenter. -- 13 Apr 2018
Nebojsha Mitikj
Very good presentation and well organised. -- 13 Apr 2018
Mitzi Maliwanag
Informative. -- 11 Apr 2018
Lesley Lepp
Informative -- 30 Mar 2018
Samantha Jean Jenkinson
She reiterated that falls prevention is essential care, and it is. We need to always be reminded of the impact of falls in everyday nursing. -- 27 Mar 2018
Michele Selby
Excellent. Gives a lot of practical applications to prevent falls and improve nursing care. -- 25 Mar 2018
Steven Walker
Very informative and practical. Lots of great statistical evidence and life experience tips. Excellent educator with sincere enthusiasm. -- 24 Mar 2018
Jude Lowe
Fabulous presenter - used the slides as prompts, not a script -- 05 Mar 2018
Ingrid Slattery
I recommend this education to other health professionals -- 23 Feb 2018
Tracy Halliburton
Extremely practical and easy suggestions to implement. It has created and reinforced a greater awareness on falls, times and places they occur, and those patients at higher risk -- 21 Feb 2018
Renu Renu
Learned new ideas to prevent fall of people especially aged peoples.This session was good.well explained with relevant examples that’s make this topic more cleared. -- 04 Feb 2018
Mary McEvoy
This educational session was very informative and well presented. -- 04 Feb 2018
Hemaltha piyaratna
Excellent speaker.Valuble VLA -- 02 Feb 2018
Marie Parker
Engaging speaker,excellent lecture with simple strategies for preventing falls -- 02 Feb 2018
Lindsey Crossan
Very engaging, made this topic interesting. -- 01 Feb 2018
Fiona Le Cren
Great revision and also I needed information on the National Standards for Accrediation -- 01 Feb 2018
Yasika Grigson
great -- 01 Feb 2018
Nicole Tully
Excellent lecturer and explained how through essential care we can prevent falls happening in our workplace. -- 24 Jan 2018
Riza Magnaye
Informative -- 23 Jan 2018
Angela Faulkner
Staffing levels must be a factor in falls.
-- 21 Jan 2018
Shananne Emma Field
Great session. Very informative, practical and gives simple yet effective strategies to provide better patient care and reduce falls. -- 19 Jan 2018
lucy ventham
I found the speaker enthusiastic and engaging. Very passionate and will take back some ideas to my organisation to change and improve how we reduce and manage falls in our hospital -- 17 Jan 2018
Peta Michelle Meek
Educator was very interesting to listen to. -- 17 Jan 2018
Chun hee christina Kim
Reinforcing my knowledge. -- 10 Jan 2018
Educator
Stephanie Gettens
Stephanie is a registered nurse and has a background in general medicine and trauma orthopaedics. Her interest in falls prevention resulted in a position as a falls resource nurse providing support and education to the staff and patients on falls prevention initiatives. This lead to a position as a Principal Project Officer where she is responsible for supporting and coordinating National Standard 8 - Preventing and Managing Pressure Injuries and Standard 10 – Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls for Queensland Hospital and Health Services. Stephanie has recently completed a Masters of Philosophy researching the impact falling has on patients’ in an acute care facility.
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