Falls Prevention Awareness- McDowell Technical College

*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.

Target Audience

Home Health Aides, Nursing Assistants, PT Assistants, Nursing Students

Description

The purpose of this seminar is to enhance the awareness of
Fall Prevention of clients in the home and other settings.
Objectives
• Recognize risk factors for falling, both inside and
outside the client’s home
• Describe how to help reduce client falls (and their
own)
• Identify ways of observing, recording, and reporting
risk factors that are noticed
• Discuss ways to improve their skills to communicate
concerns with elders and family
Instructor Susan D. Clayton, MSN, RN

Objectives

• Recognize risk factors for falling, both inside and outside the client’s home
• Describe how to help reduce client falls (and their own)
• Identify ways of observing, recording, and reporting risk factors that are noticed
• Discuss ways to improve their skills to communicate concerns with elders and family

Contact

• Chanyne C Cupil, BS, 704-512-6710