Patient-centered fall preventiondoi:10.1097/01.NME.0000753072.65344.4dPatricia C. DykesAnn C. HurleyNursing Made Incredibly Easy!
The present study is the first to model the cost effectiveness of an intervention for the prevention of falls in hospitals using both cost and effect data collected from a randomized controlled trial. This study also sought to measure the economic burden of an in-hospital fall and the cost of...
To prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults, evidence is most certain for benefit, at least over 1–2 years, from supervised, long-duration balance/resistance and group Tai Chi interventions, whole-body vibration, high-intensity/dose education or cognitive-behavioral therapy, and interventi...
Pilot Testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit Background Patient falls during an acute hospitalization cause injury, reduced mobility, and increased costs. The laminated paper Fall TIPS Toolkit (Fall T... Dykes, Patricia C,M Duckworth...
In addition, these patients would receive education on fall prevention strategies and their utility, an explanation on what makes them more susceptible to falls and how they can try to avoid a potential fall. Nurses would also accompany patients the entire time they visited the toilet—as well ...
Fall Prevention: High Risk Interventions 2 Fall Prevention Standard Precautions: Standard Preventative Interventions (all patients) 3 Side Rail Use: 4 Fall Prevention Standard Interventions: 不知道嗎? 本學習集中的詞語(15) Determinants of a safe environment: ...
A newarticlefrom The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at a different type of disclosure rule: the rules set by universities regarding disclosures by researchers of industry payments. The point of the article is that disclosure is not enoughbecause the doctors with the conflicts are *still* give...
Abstract Recent media reports and scholarly articles have forecast the emergence of the fetus as patient and a new legal doctrine of “fetal rights.” It is argued, for example, that a nonconsenting pregnant woman may be forcibly subjected to a cesarean section, if doctors judge that her fetus...
Development of the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT): A new measure of understandability and actionability for print and audiovisual patient information Patient Educ Couns, 96 (2014), pp. 395-403 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 20 The Patient Education Materials ...
Intervention: The Fall TIPS program was adapted to a nursing home setting to prevent falls. It provides fall prevention clinical decision support at the bedside. Results: The rates of falls and injuries decreased after implementing the Fall TIPS intervention. Conclusion: Engaging nursing home older ...