Reducing serious injury from falls in two veterans' hospital medical-surgical units

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Quigley, Patricia A ^a,d   Hahm, Bridget ^a   Collazo, Sonia ^d   Gibson, Wanda ^d   Janzen, Sandra ^b   Powell Cope, Gail ^d   Rice, Fanny ^d   Sarduy, Innette ^c   Tyndall, Kyna ^d   White, Susan V ^d  

^a Patient Safety Center   (United States)

^b Patient Care Services and Nursing   (United States)

^c Acute and Critical Care   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care; Fall prevention; Fall related injuries; Falls; Medical surgical units

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149378202     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31818f528e     Document Type: Article

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