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Title: Falling Star Logo Training


1
Falling Star Logo Training
  • Presented by
  • Mark Thyen RN, Patient Safety Officer
  • and the
  • Falls Prevention Team

2
Directions
  • 1. This 1/2 hour education program is
  • required for all hospital staff.
  • 2. Read the power point presentation.
  • 3. Problem solve the case scenarios.
  • 4. Copy off your certificate of attendance and
  • send it to education.
  • 5. You will be credited for 1/2 hour of safety
  • education.

3
Directions
  • 1. This 1/2 hour education program is
  • required for all hospital staff.
  • 2. Read the power point presentation.
  • 3. Problem solve the case scenarios.
  • 4. Copy off your certificate of attendance and
  • send it to education.
  • 5. You will be credited for 1/2 hour of safety
  • education.

4
Goal Create a culture of safety for our patients.
  • This medical centers goal is to promote personal
    freedom and safety for patients with impaired
    mobility.
  • All staff will be knowledgeable and respond
    appropriately to patients identified with the
    falling star logo.
  • Foster a mindset of patient injury prevention.

5
Objectives All staff will
  • 1. Identify the falling star logo.
  • 2. State the purpose of the falling star logo.
  • 3. Understand staffs responsibility for
  • intervention with patients with a falling
  • star logo.

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Objectives (Continued)
  • 4. Identify and list the purpose of these fall
    prevention posters
  • Call-Dont Fall
  • Put Your Best Foot Forward
  • Take Your Time
  • Wheelchair Safety

7
This is the Falling Star Logo!
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Purpose of the Falling Star Logo
  • This logo is used to identify patients who
  • 1. Are at high risk for falling and who have
    had a fall within the last three months.
  • 2. Or the treatment team feels that they would
    benefit from the logo identification .

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Purpose Injury prevention.Prevention!
Prevention! Prevention!

10
Purpose (Continued)
  • Promote for the patient
  • Quality of life
  • Autonomy
  • Dignity
  • A restraint free environment

11
Where are falling stars located?
  • Falling stars will be located
  • On patient wheelchairs
  • At the head of their bed
  • to identify the patient at high risk for falling.

12
Patient fall prevention posters
  • Call dont fall!
  • A visual reminder to patients to use the call
    light to call for assistance.

13
Put your best foot forward!
  • A visual reminder for patients to
  • wear proper foot wear to prevent
  • slipping and falls.
  • Wear sturdy, well-fitted low-heeled shoes with
    non-slip soles. These are safer than thick-soled
    athletic shoes, slippers, or stocking feet. Put
    non-skid slippers on when getting up during the
    night. Stocking feet are slippery!

14
Take your time
  • A visual reminder for patients to move slowly
    and assure that they take adequate time to
    prevent a fall from occurring.
  • Get out of chairs slowly.
  • Sit a moment before you get out of your bed.
  • Stand and get your balance before you walk.
  • Use your call button for help if you need it.

15
You can prevent a fall
  • A visual reminder for patients
  • on good wheelchair safety tips.
  • Lock your brakes before
  • you get in or out of your chair.
  • If you drop something on the floor, ask someone
    else to pick it up. Do not lean forward and tip
    yourself out.
  • Move the footrests out of the way when standing
    up, so you do not trip on them.
  •  

16
Staff responsibility in patient fall prevention.
  • All staff are to be aware of their
  • responsibility in preventing
  • patient falls from occurring.
  • 1. Provide assistance for patients who
  • are attempting an unsafe transfer or who are in
    distress.
  • 2. If you are unable to assist, request
    assistance for the patient and stay with them
    until help arrives.
  • 3. Report unsafe patient situations to the
    charge nurse.

17
Case scenarios
  • Case one A dietetics person picking up meal
    trays notices a patient with a falling star logo
    on their wheelchair attempting to stand alone.
  • The desired action to prevent falls would be
  • 1. Patient care is only a nursing
    responsibility.
  • Continue to pick up trays.
  • 2. Assist the patient to prevent the fall if you
    are
  • comfortable doing so.
  • 3. Assure the patients safety through
    instructing
  • them not to get up while you go seek help.

18
Case one correct answer is
  • 2. Assist the patient to prevent the fall if you
    are
  • comfortable doing this.
  • 3. Assure the patients safety through
    instructing
  • them not to get up while you go seek help.

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  • Case two
  • A Canteen worker notices a patient with the
    falling star logo on their wheelchair in the
    canteen standing up to fill their cup with hot
    coffee.
  • The desired action to prevent the fall would be
  • 1. The staff helps the patient until they are
    safely back in their chair.
  • 2. The Canteen staff is busy, so they instruct
    another staff member to assist the patient.
  • 3. Tell the patient that the coffee is bad for
    him and
  • that he should not be drinking it anyway.

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Case two correct answer is
  • 1. The staff helps the patient until they are
    safely back in their chair.
  • 2. The Canteen staff is busy, so they instruct
    another staff member to assist the patient.

21
  • Case three
  • A social worker walks by a patients room. The
    patient has a falling star logo on their bed.
    The patient is attempting to get up and transfer
    to their wheelchair independently.
  • The correct response should be.
  • 1. The social worker helps the patient, if
    comfortable, until the patient is safely in their
    chair.
  • 2. The social worker instructs the patient not to
    get up and turns on the patient call light for
    assistance and remains with the patient until
    help arrives.
  • 3. The social worker has not completed their
    mandatory falling star logo education and is
    unaware of their responsibility in this matter.

22
Case three correct answer is
  • 1. The social worker helps the patient, if
    comfortable, until the patient is safely in their
    chair.
  • 2. The social worker instructs the patient not to
    get up and turns on the patient call light for
    assistance and remains with the patient until
    help arrives.

23
Case four
  • An administrative staff member is walking in the
    tunnel. They come upon a patient with a falling
    star logo on their wheelchair who is attempting
    to enter the bathroom independently.
  • The desired action to prevent the fall would be
  • 1. State, I am here to help you. and provide
    the patient
  • assistance.
  • 2. The patient insists that they can transfer
  • independently. Therefore, you allow them to
    transfer
  • while standing by for assistance if needed.
  • 3. Encourage the patient to return to their
    nursing care
  • unit for assistance with toileting.

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Case four correct answer is
  • 1. State, I am here to help you. and provide
    the
  • patient assistance.
  • 2. The patient insists that they can transfer
  • independently. Therefore, you allow them to
  • transfer while standing by for assistance if
  • needed.
  • 3. Encourage the patient to return to their
    nursing
  • care unit for assistance with toileting.

25
Keep in mind..
  • There is usually more than one right answer to
    any case scenario.
  • Think through your options. Consider patient
    safety and injury prevention.
  • Our medical centers goal is to meet the needs
    and expectations of the veteran patient.

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THE END
  • Please print the training certificate (next
    slide), fill in your name, service line and date
    and send it to the Education Service Line.
  • Printing directions
  • 1. Be sure that you are viewing the
    certificate
  • slide.
  • 2. Highlight page 27.
  • 3. Click on file.
  • 3. Click on print.
  • 4. Click selection under print range.
  • 5. Click click OK.

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  • CONGRATULATIONS!
  • ________________
  • Name
  • Has successfully completed the Falling star Logo
    training on
  • ______________
  • Date
  • Thanks for improving patient safety!
  • St. Cloud VAMC
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