The connection between patient falls and medication.

189 Louhivuori, 2007; Krauss et al., 2005). However, these studies demonstrate medication use as a consistent, common factor in falls by older adults. Healthy People 2010 (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000) identified injury and violence prevention as one of the nation’s leading health indicators for the future. Fall prevention is one form of health promotion, and nurses play a major role in health promotion and injury prevention. Classes of drugs and specific medications which can increase a patient’s risk for falling will be discussed.