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The purpose of this study is to identify fall prevention strategies for patients who are at high risk for falls.... After the identification of fall prevention strategies, this study will then formulate a Falls Prevention Program that is specifically designed for this vulnerable group.... The heightened concern regarding the issue on falls in the inpatient setting enabled research on risk factors on falls and fall management strategies to be extensive and many fall prevention programs had been proposed at the course of time....
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Research Paper
Name Professor Institution Course Date prevention of falls in acute care setting Problem statement Falls is one of the causes of disability to old persons in the society.... Course of action From literature, prevention method of falls has a little impact on minimizing the rates of injuries (Mezey et al.... To achieve best results, I recommend organizational support in ensuring prevention method, which has a high priority.... The staff handling the patients requires the clarity of the fall status of the patients visiting any health care....
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Research Paper
This policy provides a foundation by which the trust secures its prevention via risk assessment and maintenance activities.... Falls prevention is one of these HIAs which seem to call for new processes in management (Power, 2009).... I am a nurse working full-time and in the unit where I am assigned, fall risks are one of the problems identified, and its prevention seems to merit more improvements in the currently existing policies on slips, trips, and falls....
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Essay
These prevention measures have been seen as effective in preventing falls.... Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION About one in three individuals over the age of 65 staying in the community would likely fall each year (Anderson, 2008).... This means that about one in two of these elderly patients over the age of 80 have fall rates higher for nursing home residents.... It is also estimated that the National Health Services in England and Wales allocates about 15 million pounds a year to fall-related injuries....
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Dissertation
fall prevention among patients in health care facilities is one of the greatest challenges that need multifaceted approach, to understand, evaluate and prevent patients from falls.... A number of factors have been identified to be the contributors of the complexity of sustaining the actual fall reduction and the prevention of harm and injuries.... The objective of this paper is to explore performance improvement method, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) implemented by fall based team as a strategy to reduce patient fall and its related problems at Children's Memorial Center (Chicago)....
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Essay
This article "Do fall Risk Screening Tools Lead to Reduction in Falls in Acute Hospital Stays" presents the procedure followed in searching the PubMed database for relevant literature.... In part 2, a review of the literature identified from the database search on fall screening tools and their influence on falls during acute hospitalization would be presented, articulating factors that informed the choice of the topic, barriers to resolving underlying problems, and the best practices to adopt so as to make fall screening tools effective....
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Article
This study identifies the patients at high risk for falls in a community hospital setting and presents a fall prevention program for this vulnerable group.... The purpose of this study is to identify fall prevention strategies for patients who are at high risk for falls.... After the identification of fall prevention strategies, this study will then formulate a Falls Prevention Program This study aims to reduce the incidence of falls among the populations who are at high risk of falls in the hospital setting....
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Research Paper
his study is going to try and explain the current findings in fall prevention and the questions that clinical research has asked concerning the reduction of falls.... The extent of the injury is always dependent on the height of the fall with individuals falling from higher grounds suffering major scores.... For example, according to Brownsell and Hawley (2010), the appearance of another factor that may cause a fall can affect the faller psychologically and for this reason, the treatment is tailored towards treating the factors caused the fall....
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Research Paper