Demented nursing home patients are at high risk of falls. Falls and associated injuries can have a considerable influence on the autonomy and quality of life of patients. The prevention of falls among demented patients is therefore an important issue. Fall risk assessment tools and preventive ...
结论:跌倒风险评估及预防跌倒护理干预,减少了跌倒事件的发生,提高了患者的生活质量。 Abstract: Objective: To observe the application of fall risk assessment and nursing intervention in the fall prevention nursing of elderly inpatients with gynecological malignant tumors on the premise of ability assessment of...
The process related to the problem of patient falls in the hospital, using the nursing model developed by the theorist, Ida Jean Orlando, is explained in this article. The useful tool that provides guidance to marketers in this endeavor is Maslow's hierarchy of needs. During acute illness, ...
Falls are common in a range of clinical cohorts, where routine risk assessment often comprises subjective visual observation only. Typically, observational assessment involves evaluation of an individual’s gait during scripted walking protocols within a lab to identify deficits that potentially increase f...
Jennifer DempseyLecturer Director of Clinical Education School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle Ourimbah NSWContemporary NurseDempsey J. (2008). Risk assessment and fall prevention: Practice development in action. Contemporary Nurse, 29(2), 123-134....
The prevalence of falls during the first weeks of institutionalization is high for being a new environment, with unknown personnel and the valuation of individual risk factors during assessment might not occur. A methodological study with 152 professionals from Portuguese nursing homes. The scale was ...
Fall risk assessment is a powerful tool that aids in determining the risk of falls for a given individual in order to provide early diagnosis and treatment to reduce or prevent future falls. Traditionally, clinical fall risk assessments among older adults consist of questionnaires or functional asses...
Our previous study proposed an automatic fall risk assessment and related risk reduction measures. A nursing system to reduce patient accidents was also developed, therefore reducing the caregiving load of the medical staff in hospitals. However, there are risks associated with artificial intelligence (...
The time spent by clinical nurses in the fall-risk assessment and the fall number were recorded in the 2 groups, and the relationship was analyzed between the Morse Fall Scale assessment and the clinical ending along with the labor cost of nursing. The cost-effectiveness was analyzed. In ...
(OBRA). The OBRA regulations are a national standard that is reiterated in Maryland law. This law requires that upon admission, the nursing home must fully assess the patient's condition, functional capacity, and needs. This assessment will determine the resident's risk for falls. Assessment ...