Conley Fall Risk Scale
Conley Fall Risk Scale (Conley 1999): six-item nursing fall-risk screen.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Fallen in the last 3 months
- Yes
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Yes
- Agitation
- Yes
Result: Conley 5 of 10 — at risk of falling (>= 2).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- >= 2
- At risk of falling (or any fall during the stay): initiate fall-prevention strategies. A screening aid, not a prediction of any individual fall.
What you enter
- Fallen in the last 3 months
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Urgency / incontinence on the way to the bathroom
- Impaired judgment / lack of safety awareness
- Agitation
- Impaired gait
How this is calculated
- Points
- interview: fell in last 3 months (2), dizziness (1), urgency to bathroom (1); observation: impaired judgment (3), agitation (2), impaired gait (1) = 0-10.
Conley D, Schultz AA, Selvin R. The challenge of predicting patients at risk for falling: development of the Conley Scale. Medsurg Nurs. 1999;8(6):348-354. Weights per Guzzo AS, et al. J Prev Med Hyg. 2015;56(2):E77-E81. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.