Minimizing Trips, Slips, and Falls
Hours: 0.25
This course is about workplace slip, trip, and fall hazards. It alerts you to the serious consequences that can result even from a simple fall or a near fall and provides information about measures that can help you prevent these incidents and reduce potential injuries.
The goal of this course is to help all employees minimize trips, slips, and falls.
This course is about workplace slip, trip, and fall hazards. It alerts you to the serious consequences that can result even from a simple fall or a near fall and provides information about measures that can help you prevent these incidents and reduce potential injuries. The goal of this course is to help all employees minimize trips, slips, and falls.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 0.25 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.2500 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2235826
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals
This activity is approved for 0.25 contact hours.
Identify common hazards that might lead to trips, slips, and falls.
Explain how to prevent injuries from trips, slips, and falls.
Outline:
Section 1: Trips, Slips, and Falls
Causes of Workplace Falls
Slips, Trips, and Falls
What Happened?
Derrick’s Recovery
Why It’s Important
Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards
Environmental Hazards
Your Role
Preventing Injury
The Fine Art of Falling
The Final Factor
Section 2: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Reference
Subject Matter Expert: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.
Jennifer has over 25 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.” Disclosure: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N. discloses the following potential conflict of interests/commercial interests: Relevant Financial Relationship with Relias LLC as a Salaried Employee All of the relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.Relevant Non-Financial Relationship with No Entities Exists as a Contributor All of the relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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