A total of 153 elderly subjects participated in the study. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher's exact test, Pearson's chi锕晀uare test and multinomial logistic regression of variables that presented association with the Nursing Diagnosis. RESULTS Use of throw rugs, difficulties with ...
Nursing Diagnosis (And Care Plan) For Dementia Also called disturbed thought patterns, confusion is a risk factor for dementia. There are lots of things that put elderly patients at a higher risk for memory or cognitive impairment. It isn’t always dementia. Some of the things that cause diso...
Objective: to identify the frequency of the nursing diagnosis of Impaired Physical Mobility Impairment and its components in elderly population registered in a Primary Health Care Unit. Method: cross-sectional study conducted from November 2014 to February 2015, performed with 50 seniors at their homes...
To improve quality in patient care, nurses should use nursing diagnoses with a systematic assessment and should help the elderly in health promotion or use of the maximum current potential. 展开 关键词: Elderly Nursing diagnosis Taxonomy DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.03.007 被引量: 19 ...
FrailElderlySyndrome Possible Nursing Diagnosis Apossible nursing diagnosisisnota type of diagnosis as are actual, risk,health promotion, and syndrome. Possible nursing diagnoses are statements describing a suspected problem for which additional data are needed to confirm or rule out the suspected proble...
In the meantime, they also suggest using the STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries) initiative (http://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which focuses on practical implementation of preventive measures and includes useful ...
Objective To study the effectiveness of comprehensive nursing intervention in prevention of accidental falls of community elderly patients with hypertension or diabetes.Methods One hundred elderly patients with hypertension or diabetes collected from March to September in 2012,were divided randomly into contro...
Falls tended to occur within one year after admission to the nursing home, especially among the elderly with walking difficulty, undergoing rehabilitation, or with a self-help device for walking. Thirty-three percent of the elderly experienced falls within one month after admission to the nursing ...
Audit (clinical): The English Department of Health states that clinical audit involves systematically looking at the procedures used for diagnosis, care, and treatment, examining how associated resources are used, and investigating the effect care has on the outcome and quality of life for the patie...
Figure 2 shows the proportion of facial injuries in each 10-year age group organized by diagnosis; no significant difference was found in the proportion of injuries diagnosed to be facial fractures by decade. Most facial fractures in the elderly nursing home population were of the nasal bones (...