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HealthCert Education

Falls in the Elderly (Nurse)

Falls in the Elderly (Nurse)

Enhance your expertise in elderly care with our comprehensive course on fall prevention. Begin with understanding the definition and statistics of falls among the elderly, and explore risk factors at both community and individual levels. Learn to identify predictors such as age, fall history, and polypharmacy. This course covers validated falls risk screening tools, thorough assessment processes, and management plans to reduce falls and related injuries. Discover medications that increase fall risk and effective reduction programs for both patients and clinical settings. Ideal for nurses, this evidence-based course is regularly updated, demonstrating best practices to address this critical public health issue.

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$199.00
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  • FLEXIBLE TIMING

  • 100% ONLINE

  • accredited Course

  • Expert instructor

This course commences with the definition and statistics for falls in the elderly. Risk and prevention factors at both the community and individual level are considered. Predictors for fall risk include increasing age, history of falls, abnormal gait or balance and polypharmacy. Validated falls risk screening tools are discussed that lead to assessment and implementation of a management plan to reduce risk of falls and fall related injuries. As part of the assessment process, history, examination, intrinsic and extrinsic factors risk factors, home assessment and appropriate investigations support the development of a management plan. Medications that may increase falls risk are listed together with falls reduction programs for the patient and also for the clinical setting.
This course is evidence-based, demonstrates best practice and is regularly updated.

1. Outline how and when to screen and assess patients for risk of falls.
2. Determine preventative strategies to reduce the risk of falls and harm from falls, including engaging patients and their carers in falls prevention.

All nurses.

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CPD Hours:

  • 6.0 hours CPD Activity
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Accreditations:

Nurse endorsements pending.

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Study Mode:

100% online

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Study duration:

6.0 hrs self-paced

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr Sharon Sykes

This course is presented by Dr Sharon Sykes. Dr Sykes works in private general practice in Port Macquarie, Australia
where she is also a supervisor of GP registrars and of medical students. Dr Sykes served 18 years in the Royal
Australian Air Force before becoming a general practitioner. She has a special interest in medical education and has
previously worked as a medical educator for North Coast GP Training.
Dr Sykes holds a MBBS, Bachelor of Applied Science (Med Lab Sci) and a Fellowship of the RACGP.

What your colleagues say

  • "HealthCert courses have become the standard by which you gauge all others."

    - Dr K. Abolarinwa

    MBBS

  • "This is the pathway to improve your confidence and evolve into the GP you aspire to be"

    - Dr S. Shinwari

    Trainee

  • "HealthCert courses have become the standard by which you gauge all others."

    - Dr K. Abolarinwa

    MBBS

  • "This is the pathway to improve your confidence and evolve into the GP you aspire to be"

    -Dr A. Tucker

    Trainee