The course will provide the nurse with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct effective post fall investigations using a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) method of problem solving. The content will be focused on the evaluation of your fall prevention team and assist facilities to implement their own fall prevention program, in which RCA is an essential tool to discover the cause of the initial fall and find ways to prevent recurrences.

Learning Objectives:
1. A multidisciplinary fall prevention team
2. Defining members roles on the multidisciplinary team
3. A post fall investigation
4. A “Just Culture” approach to fall prevention
5. Removing Barriers to fall prevention
6. Eliminate recurring problems through root cause analysis