Marg a 73-year-old lady was admitted to hospital overnight and placed into your care. She had a fall at home and was transferred by ambulance to hospital. You have just come on to the morning shift and received handover. Marg’s observatories have been within normal limits since being transferred to the unit- BP110/60, HR 78, O2 Sats: 98% and Resp: 18. Marg settled quickly and fell asleep at about 2400hrs. You would like to assist Marg to the shower but you are unsure about how safe she is on her feet and you realise that she has not had a falls risk screening/assessment completed.
Other Documentation:
Other medical history is:
Hypertension
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Medications:
Atenolol 100 mg daily
Paracetamol 1gm QID
Question 1 List normal and abnormal subjective and objective cues that you have collected for Marg.
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