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Multidisciplinary Patient Care: Falls

Current Information

Web-Based Resources

Preventing Falls Toolkit - AHRQ

How to Prevent Falls among older adults in the Outpatient Setting - American Nurse today 2012

VA Falls Toolkit

Risk Assessment

Behavioral Health: The Baptist Health High-Risk Falls Assessment: One Assessment Fits All
J Nurs Care Qual 2017
Timed Up and Go predicts functional decline in older patients presenting to the emergency department following minor trauma
Age Ageing 2017

Patient Falls - General

Evidence on Fall and Injurious Fall Prevention Interventions in Acute Care Hospitals
J Nurs Admin 2019

Temporal Trends in Fall Rates with the Implementation of a Multifaceted Fall Prevention Program: Persistence Pays Off
Jt Comm J Quality Pt Safety 2018

Preventing in-patient falls: the nurses' pivotal role
Nursing2017 Chu
Identifying protective and risk factors for injurious falls in patients hospitalized for acute care: a retrospective case-control study
BMJ Geriatr 2017
Temporal patterns of in-hospital falls of elderly patients
Nurs Res 2016
Predicting injurious falls in the hospital setting: implications for practice
Am J Nurs 2016
Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients
Ann Intern Med 2012
Beyond Socks, Signs, and Alarms: A Reflective Accountability Model for Fall Prevention
AJN 2016
Assisted and unassisted falls: different events, different outcomes, different implications for quality of hospital care
JtComm J Qual Patient Safety 2014
The risk factors for impulsivity-related falls among hospitalized older adults.
Rehab Nsg 2012
Factors associated with falls during hospitalization in an older adult population.
ResTheory Nsg Pract 2011
Toileting-related inpatient falls in adult acute care settings.
MedSurg Nsg 2012
Using a Medical Intranet of Things System to Prevent Falls
Case study; J Med Internet Res. 2017 May
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in hospitals
Clin Geriatric Med 2010
Hourly rounding and patient falls: what factors boost success?
Nursing 2015

Inpatient Fall Prevention

Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Falls in Hospitals Among the Elderly: A Review of Successful Strategies
Studies in Health Tech Information 2019

Inpatient Falls Defining the Problem and Identifying Possible Solutions. Part I: An Evidence-Based Review
Neurohospitalist. 2013 Jul
Inpatient Falls: Defining the Problem and Identifying Possible Solutions. Part II Application of Quality Improvement Principles to Hospital Falls
Neurohospitalist. 2013 Oct
Hourly rounding and patient falls: what factors boost success?
Nursing. 2015 Feb
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Patient Safety Team to Prevent Falls in Inpatient Medical Units
MedSurg Nurs 2016
6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial
BMJ 2016
Postoperative patient falls on an orthopedic inpatient unit.
J Arthroplasty. 2010 Jan

Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Project
2016 Report

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE): Quality-assessed Reviews [Internet]. Hospital fall prevention: a systematic review of implementation, components, adherence, and effectiveness
J am Geriatr Soc 2013

Reducing medical-surgical inpatient falls and injuries with videos, icons and alarms
BMJ Open Quality 2017

Outpatient Fall Prevention

Characteristics of falls in a large academic radiology department: occurrence, associated factors, outcomes, and quality improvement strategies
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jul

Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department
Clin Interv Ageing 2014
Catching Quality Before It Falls: Preventing Falls and Injuries in the Adult Emergency Department
J Emerg Nurs 2019
Do No Harm: A Multifactorial Approach to Preventing Emergency Department Falls-A Quality Improvement Project
J Emerg Nurs 2020
Tailoring a Comprehensive Bundled Intervention for ED Fall Prevention
J Emerg Nurs 2020
Who falls in an adult emergency department and why-A retrospective review
Aust Emerg J Nurs 2017
A Successful ED Fall Risk Program Using the KINDER 1 Fall RiskAssessment Tool
J Emerg Nursing 2016
Quality evaluation of the usefulness of an emergency department fall risk assessment tool
Am J Emerg MEd 2024

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