Tailored prevention of inpatient falls: Development and usability testing of the fall tips toolkit

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Zuyev, Lyubov ^a,b   Benoit, Angela N ^a   Chang, Frank Y ^a   Dykes, Patricia C ^a,c  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatient falls; Prevention; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CODING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FAMILY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BOSTON; CLINICAL CODING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952281646     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181f9dbe9     Document Type: Article

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