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Falls risk and prevention: how to carry out a bed rails assessment

Every year, hundreds of thousands of hospital and care home falls threaten older patients’ health and independence. We look at what nursing students need to know about falls assessments and the use of bed rails, and the steps they can take on clinical placement to support patient safety and help prevent these incidents

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Bed rails assessment: an older patient lying on their side on a hospital bed holds on to a bed rail 

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