Outcomes and Challenges in Implementing Hourly Rounds to Reduce Falls in Orthopedic Units

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-29

  Tucker, Sharon J ^a   Bieber, Patti L ^b   Attlesey Pries, Jacqueline M ^b   Olson, Marianne E ^b   Dierkhising, Ross A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Hourly hospital nursing rounds; Patient falls; Translation challenges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FALLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856451355     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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