Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Accidental Falls--Prevention and Control"
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Fall prevention in older adults who reside in nursing homes
(2016-10-21)Falls among older adults who reside in the nursing home setting are a major problem in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). The site of this project was a nursing home located ... -
Hourly rounding and fall prevention: A change process
(5/9/2018)Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing older adult patients living in nursing homes. The focus of this project was to implement an hourly rounding fall prevention protocol in a nursing home that provides ... -
The implications of local anesthetic volume in adductor canal blockade: An integrative review
(2018-05-17)Introduction: Maintaining patient safety is of utmost concern for anesthesia providers. The adductor canal block, a peripheral nerve block identified as a motor-sparing sensory block, may decrease fall risk and associated ... -
Inpatient Falls Prevention: Closing the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice
Inpatient falls have been a long-standing problem within health care around the world. The purpose of this project was to reduce inpatient falls through a standardized selection of multifactorial individualized nursing ... -
Prevention of falls and fall injuries in the older adult
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2011-05)The purpose of this guideline is to increase all nurses’ confidence, knowledge, skills and abilities in the identification of adults within health care facilities at risk of falling and to define interventions for ... -
Purposeful rounding for fall prevention in the nursing home setting
Falls among nursing home residents is a frequent and recurring issue. Falls are major cause of injuries, hospitalizations, and death among nursing home population, as well as increased healthcare cost. The purpose of this ... -
Reduction of Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Highly Engaged, Low Performing Hospitals
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Nature and scope of the project: The Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) is a collaborative effort between the American Hospital Association and Hospital Research and Education ... -
The effectiveness of newborn safety information and acknowledgement in preventing inpatient newborn falls
(2017-09-19)Newborn falls can occur in the immediate postpartum period. The purpose of this capstone project was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Newborn Safety Information and Acknowledgement tool in impacting inpatient newborn ... -
Using Multifactorial Interventions to Prevent Elderly Hospitalized Patients with Mental Health Disorders from Falling
(8/11/2014)Patients have ethical and legal rights to expect their environment is safe when they are hospitalized. A component of environmental safety is the duty of hospitals to anticipate the occurrence of patient falls and make ... -
The utilization of an alarm elimination fall prevention program
(2017-02-23)A typical nursing home with 100 beds reports 100-200 falls each year (CDC, 2015). It is common to see the utilization of personal alarms in nursing homes to prevent falls, although there is no evidence to support the idea ...
