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Judith Metcalf presents at Maine Nursing Summit

Judith Metcalf with Christina Costello
Judith Metcalf with Christina Costello

On March 24, 2016, Judith A. Metcalf, A.N.P.-B.C., M.S., F.M.G.S., director of the Maine Geriatric Education Center at the University of 51小黄车鈥檚 , and Christina Costello R.N., B.S., C.E.N., director of Emergency Services at the Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH), presented a poster at the  at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine. 

The poster, titled "Falls Mitigation in the Geriatric Population After Emergency Department Discharge: An Academic & Community Partnership to Improve the Quality of Falls Care," showcased the training of the MDIH emergency department staff in the development of a falls risk assessment tool used to assess all patients 65 years of age and older seen in the MDIH emergency department for a fall or fall-related chief complaint. 

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