A comprehensive: Fall prevention program for assessment, intervention, and referral

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-183

  Bucher, Gale Moore ^a,b,c,d   Szczerba, Pamela ^a,b,d,e   Curtin, Patricia M ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c University of Delaware's College of Health and Nursing Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education ^*  (United States)

^e OASIS Answers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION TREE; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION TREES; DELAWARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947520977     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000263435.30932.71     Document Type: Review

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