Challenges in Defining and Categorizing Falls on Diverse Unit Types: Lessons from Expansion of the NDNQI Falls Indicator

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-112

  Staggs, Vincent S ^a,b   Davidson, Jan ^b   Dunton, Nancy ^b   Crosser, Brandon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; health care benchmarking; health care quality; NDNQI; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954395011     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000085     Document Type: Review

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