Relationship between occurrence of falls and fall-risk scores in an acute care setting using the hendrich ii fall risk model

MEDSURG Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-187

  Swartzell, Kristen L ^a   Fulton, Janet S ^b   Friesth, Barbara Manz ^b  

^a ORTHOINDY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84882371925     PISSN: 10920811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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