Falls prevention revisited: A call for a new approach

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-485

  Dempsey, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Care; Empowerment; Patient falls; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALLING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442532925     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00868.x     Document Type: Review

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