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The challenge of predicting patients at risk for falling: development of the Conley Scale
D Conley1, A A Schultz, R Selvin
1Maine Medical Center, Portland, USA.
Medsurg Nursing : Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
|September 23, 2000
Abstract:
Patient falls are an elusive clinical problem. The purpose of this project was to develop and evaluate a fall risk assessment scale for use in an acutely ill population. The Conley Scale demonstrates acceptable reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity, is quick and easy to use.