Falls aren't us: State of the science

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-127

  Cozart, Huberta Corazon T ^a   Cesario, Sandra K ^b  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Environmental and patient safety; Fall incidence and rates; Fall prevention interventions; Fall risk factors; Hospitalized elderly

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK; FALLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FURNITURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF-HELP DEVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649650132     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e3181a27dc0     Document Type: Review

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