Falling Star Logo Training

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Falling Star Logo Training

• Presented by
• Mark Thyen RN, Patient Safety Officer
• and the
• Falls Prevention Team

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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!

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Purpose (Continued)

• Promote for the patient
• Quality of life
• Autonomy
• Dignity
• A restraint free environment

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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.

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Patient fall prevention posters

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

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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!

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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