Adding value to the STRATIFY falls risk assessment in acute hospitals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 450-457

  Barker, Anna ^a,b   Kamar, Jeannette ^a   Graco, Marnie ^a   Lawlor, Vicki ^c   Hill, Keith ^d  

^a NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute hospitals; Alcohol problems; Drug problems; Falls risk; Nursing assessment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 78651446901     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05503.x     Document Type: Article

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