A home health nurse is making a home visit to an older patient. A nurse conducts a home safety assessment and screens the environment for potential hazards for falls. The nurse recommends that the patient eliminate which of the following?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Night-lights
b. Railings on the stairway
c. Loose carpeting on the floors
d. The use of a cane
e. Excess clutter
ANS: C, E
Extrinsic risk factors are external to the patient and related to the physical environment and in-clude lack of support equipment by bathtubs and toilets, height of beds, condition of floors, poor lighting, inappropriate footwear, and improper use of or inadequate assistive devices. Nightlights, railings on the stairway, and the use of a cane are all measures that can ameliorate some extrinsic risk factors.
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