Exploring and evaluating five paediatric falls assessment instruments and injury risk indicators: An ambispective study in a tertiary care setting

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Harvey, Kimberly ^a   Kramlich, Debra ^b   Chapman, Joanne ^c   Parker, Jeanne ^d   Blades, Elizabeth ^d  

^a Center for Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes   (United States)

^b Circulatory Disease Administration   (United States)

^c R1 Inpatient Unit   (United States)

^d Barbara Bush Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls and injury risk; Paediatric falls; Reliability; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77957114988     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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