Tina Marie Baxter – Fall Prevention Certification Course: Best Practice Solutions to Reduce Falls and Injuries in Your Most Challenging Fall-Risk Patients – PESI

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Speaker: Tina Marie Baxter, APRN, GNP-BC

Duration: 12 Hours 35 Minutes

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright: Jun 11, 2021 

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

You know the time requirement, the fear, and the frustration when you have a patient on the unit that is unsafe and has a recognized fall risk.   

Today, you can change all of that.  You have a chance to learn actual fall prevention methods that are so effective you may quickly be viewed as one of the most valuable members of your healthcare team. 

And that’s because you’d be an expert in something most healthcare professionals just aren’t proficient in. 

When it comes to fall prevention strategies, here’s the truth: 

Most clinicians know little about it. 

Sometimes we have no choice but to focus on the presenting injury or admitting diagnosis that we overlook critical fall prevention strategies.  Or a risk was identified, and the standard protocols were put in to place. 

You have this career changing opportunity to keep patients safe and families relieved.  

As you watch this training video – at your pace and on your own schedule, you will gain an entire set of skills and knowledge. Tina Marie Baxter, APRN, GNP-BC, will highlight important new evidence to guide various fall prevention interventions and share her creative, new thought process to ‘see’ the whole patient picture.   

Tina has included an actual comprehensive patient fall risk assessment.  She will talk you through her critical thinking strategies to develop a plan of care to reduce fall risk. 

A preventable fall injury is not going to happen on your watch! 

Speaker

Tina Marie Baxter, APRN, GNP-BC

Tina Marie Baxter, APRN, GNP-BC, is an advanced practice registered nurse and a board certified gerontological nurse practitioner. She works as a nurse practitioner, supporting various skilled care and assisted living facilities. Additionally, Tina is the owner of Baxter Professional Services, LLC, a consulting firm which provides legal nurse consulting services and customized educational resources to healthcare organizations.  

Tina earned a Master of Nursing in Nursing Education and a post-master’s as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner.  She has taught on both the nursing undergraduate and graduate levels and continues to mentor nurse practitioner students during their clinical rotations.  Her expertise has been sought on the national level to educate experienced professionals on a variety of topics, including fall prevention, challenging patient behaviors, and addiction.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Tina Baxter maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Adult & Child Health. She is a distributor for doTerra. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Tina Baxter is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses’ Association, the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, and the Indiana State Nurses Association.

Objectives

1. Determine who is likely to fall and how to modify the risk factors through a comprehensive fall risk assessment. 
2. Analyze the current screening guidelines and standards of care in the prevention of falls. 
3. Evaluate the current fall prevention EBP strategies for use in current practice. 
4. Appraise new technologies for future implementation through the use of AI and SMART technology. 
5. Respond to difficult patient/family situations to support the patient’s safety goals. 
6. Differentiate effective approaches to treatment planning and documentation to reduce the risk of liability. 
7. Assess possible fall risk interventions to avoid the use of restraints. 
8. Evaluate precipitating causes for falls to incorporate preventative measures. 
9. Formulate a comprehensive evaluation process for high fall risk patients. 
10. Analyze medications that are known to contribute in various ways to fall risks. 
11. Assess for injury and adverse patient outcomes following a fall. 
12. Determine the tools necessary for a multidisciplinary fall prevention program. 
13. Choose patient specific fall prevention interventions for a successful fall prevention plan. 
14. Evaluate the impact of common gait disorders on fall risk. 

Outline

Innovations and Trends in Healthcare  

• Identify and modify fall risk factors  
• What has changed in fall prevention 
• The future for fall prevention 

Predict and Prevent Falls – With a Comprehensive Risk Assessment 

• Nursing assessment 
• High risk fall conditions and diagnoses 
• Changes in condition 
• Mental health evaluation 
• Medication review 
• Physical health assessment 
• Ambulatory status, gait, and balance 
• Multi-factorial causes of falls 

Expand Your Toolbox for Fall Prevention and Post-Fall Interventions 

• Rely on interdisciplinary teamwork to prevent falls 
• Immediate care considerations following a patient fall – with/without injury 
• Fall risk screening tools 
• Current guidelines 
• Technology to prevent falls and limit injury 
• Addressing alarm fatigue 
• Alternatives to 1:1s 

Design an Innovative Plan of Care for Your Patients 

• The evidence behind fall interventions, including surveillance and reduction of injury 
• Patient and family education 
• Safer transfer techniques, wheelchair safety and evaluation of assistive devices 
• Critically develop an individualized approach 
• Patients with known history of frequent falls 
• Patients who have sustained a recent fall related injury 

An Effective Fall Prevention Program for your Department/Organization 

• Effective individualized nursing care plan and documentation 
• QI planning related to fall prevention 
• A voice through committee presence 

Case Studies: Put Knowledge to Practice 

• Examples of fall cases and identifying prevention strategies 
• Educational opportunities for staff 
• Reducing barriers to change 
• Successfully treating noncompliant patients 
• Family support 

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Physician Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants 
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants 
• Risk Managers

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