Risk items associated with patient falls in oncology and medical settings

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-137

  O'Connell, Bev O ^a,c   Baker, Linda ^b   Gaskin, Cadeyrn J ^a   Hawkins, Mary T ^b  

^a Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

^b Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Falls risk assessment; Hospital; Oncology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33947285337     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000263102.06311.a9     Document Type: Article

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