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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Patient Falls"”.
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Patient Falls in the Acute Care Setting: An Institutional Analysis
<p>An index of falls risk characteristics was designed and applied in a retrospective review of the medical charts of 106 patients who fell and 109 patients who did not fall during the first six months of 1989 in a large, upper midwestem hospital. The index was used to obtain information described …
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Patient Falls in the Telemetry Unit of a Large Metropolitan Hospital
… to the floor with or without injury to the patient (Anderson et al., 2008). In the United States alone, 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur in hospitals every year. Furthermore, approximately 30-35% of these falls result in injury and 11,000 falls result in death (Health Research & Educational …
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Quality Improvement Project on Patient Falls in a Medical-Telemetry Unit
… paper will summarize the quality improvement falls prevention project conducted by a group of University of San Francisco Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students. Falls in the acute care setting are a major issue in the current health care system and are a main topic of interest for CNL students …
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Nurse staffing, patient falls and medication errors in Western Australian hospitals: Is there a relationship?
… to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013) falls and medication errors in hospitals are among the first twenty leading causes of death. Research on the relationship between nurse staffing, patient falls, and medication errors are limited. Even scarcer are studies that examine this …
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Association Between Nurse Staffing Indicators, Patient Falls, and Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in the Acute Care Setting
… perceptions of staffing and resources adequacy, patient falls, and hospital acquired pressure ulcers.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> A non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design using secondary data was used.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> The study took place at a large metropolitan …
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Fall risk assessment : A prospective investigation of nurses' clinical judgement and risk assessment tools in predicting patient falls in an acute care setting
Falls are a significant problem in acute care, hospital settings, and can have serious consequences, especially for older patients. Fall prevention has therefore been recognised as an important area for research and intervention. In order to target interventions and use resources effectively, a …
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Assessment of Fall Protocol Use on a Medical-Telemetry Unit
… to implement a fall prevention plan to decrease patient falls on the medical-telemetry unit of a large metropolitan hospital.</p> <p>Background: Patient falls are a persistent nationwide problem in the acute care setting. Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur in hospital every year and …
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Fall Prevention in Palliative Care: Improving Fall Prevention and Management at Point of Admission
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>By nature falls begin to occur as part of the aging process and are a major source of morbidity and mortality in the elderly patients. Despite the extra blanket of care the palliative team creates for it’s patients, fall incidents are continuing to plague this …
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FALL PREVENTION IN THE ED
<p>This project focuses on the prevention of patient falls in the emergency department (ED). Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital is an academic medical facility in the heart of Silicon Valley. The facility has a 46 bed ED with an average daily census of 220, specializing in stroke, pediatrics, heart, and …
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The Impact of Practice Environment and Nursing Workload on Patient Outcomes among Non-Magnet Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
… nursing workload on 4 dependent variables of patient outcomes including patient satisfaction, patient falls, pressure ulcers, and in-hospital mortality.</p> <p>Design. A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was utilized with self-administered questionnaires and secondary data …
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Standardizing the Bedside Shift Report Process to Improve Communication and Promote Patient Safety
… Process to Improve Communication and Promote Patient Safety.</p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Gilbert Young, RN, BSN</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> Unit 1 North is a 32-bed cardiovascular specialty unit that specializes in the care of post-cardiac surgery and complex telemetry patients. The …
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FALL REDUCTION ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT
<p>The objective of this project is to reduce patient falls by 25% at the end of September 2018 on the medical-surgical unit. Another objective is to retrain staff on fall prevention measures. The medical-surgical unit provides care to patients who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical …
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The Application of a Falls Risk Index
<p>This study examined the prospective use of a falls risk index. The research question was: To what extent do the intrinsic factors identified in the Tinetti et al. falls risk index predict which patients are likely to experience a fall. Hogue's ecological model of falls in late life provided a …
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Fall Prevention in Acute Psychiatric Patients
<p>Patient falls have been an issue in hospital settings for many years. Patient falls not only lead to increased costs for the hospital, but affects the safety and care for patients. Many studies have assessed potential, contributable factors leading to falls, fall risk assessment tools, and fall …
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Nurse Manager Transformational Leadership Practices and Patient Outcomes Among Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospitals
… to promote quality of care and favorable patient outcomes. Nurse managers are accountable for 24-hour operations of their departments and influence patient outcomes. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships among nurse manager transformational leadership practices, …
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A retrospective study to identify unique contributors to falls in hospitalized adult hematology patients
… planning or action. The body of knowledge on falls, risk factors, consequences, and prevention originates from studies of older persons who have experienced a fall. The medical community has made several efforts toward fall risk assessment with an emphasis on prevention of the reoccurrence of …
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Fall Prevention Protocol in Acute Care Setting
… quality improvement project is to implement a falls intervention to improve falls on the Medical Telemetry unit in the large metropolitan hospital.</p> <p>Background: Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur in hospitals every year. Furthermore, approximately 30-35% of these falls result in …
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Development and Implementation of a Patient Education Tool to Increase Fall Risk Awareness
… setting. This project explores the reasons for patient falls on an inpatient unit at an urban hospital, referred to as Unit A and Hospital Y. Unit A is a 45-bed cardiac floor where patients are at high risk for falls due to diagnosis, medications, and treatment. Development and implementation of …
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Workplace Bullying, Nurse Practice Environment, Patient Outcomes: A Descriptive Study
… environments are associated with improved patient safety, yet little is known about the nurse’s experiences of bullying or flourishing within the practice environment. This study described nurses’ experiences of workplace bullying and flourishing and identified associations with patient …
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