This statement is true. Fall prevention is a paramount component of injury prevention in any patient care environment. Nurses play a key role in implementing a multi-factorial fall prevention program. This includes assessing each patient's fall risk, ensuring the environment is safe (e.g., bed in low position, floors dry and uncluttered, adequate lighting), providing appropriate assistive devices, using bed/chair alarms for high-risk patients, ensuring patients have non-slip footwear, and educating patients and families about fall risks. Preventing falls directly prevents injuries like fractures, head trauma, and lacerations, which can drastically set back a patient's recovery.

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• Naomi Miselo – 31 pts

• Visual Pathway Lesions
• Positive and Negative Symptoms
• Hallucinations and Delusions
• Antipsychotic Medications
• Emergency: Environmental Emergencies