Enclosure bed: A tool for calming agitated patients
By Dawn Walters, MS, RN, Vice-President of Behavioral Health and Rehabilitation Services Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York As told to Janet Boivin,…
Focus on…Falls Prevention
Fall prevention: A contract with patients and families
Editor’s note: This is the second of three case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is brought to…
Fall prevention: Applying the evidence
This is the first in a series of three case studies illustrating success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is brought…
Assessing your patients’ risk for falling
An estimated 25,500 Americans died from falls in healthcare and community settings in 2013. Countless more suffered life-changing injuries, such as fractures, internal injuries,…
We’ve made gains in preventing falls, but more work remains
This year marks the 20-year milestone of the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) leadership in making patient falls a nurse-sensitive indicator. In 1995, ANA’s work…
Taking appropriate precautions against falls
Falls pose a major public health problem around the world. In the United States, unintentional falls occur in all age groups. Such falls are…
Creating an environment of falls prevention
Falls are a major concern for older adults in all settings, causing significant morbidity and mortality and affecting quality of life. In the hospital,…
Preventing injuries from patient falls
While falls prevention has become standard in inpatient care, injury prevention has gotten less attention, both in research and everyday practice. Injuries from falls…
Enclosure bed: A tool for calming agitated patients
By Dawn Walters, MS, RN, Vice-President of Behavioral Health and Rehabilitation Services Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York As told to…
Fall prevention: A contract with patients and families
Editor’s note: This is the second of three case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is…
Fall prevention: Applying the evidence
This is the first in a series of three case studies illustrating success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series…
Assessing your patients’ risk for falling
An estimated 25,500 Americans died from falls in healthcare and community settings in 2013. Countless more suffered life-changing injuries, such as fractures,…
We’ve made gains in preventing falls, but more work remains
This year marks the 20-year milestone of the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) leadership in making patient falls a nurse-sensitive indicator. In 1995,…
Taking appropriate precautions against falls
Falls pose a major public health problem around the world. In the United States, unintentional falls occur in all age groups. Such…
Creating an environment of falls prevention
Falls are a major concern for older adults in all settings, causing significant morbidity and mortality and affecting quality of life. In…
Preventing injuries from patient falls
While falls prevention has become standard in inpatient care, injury prevention has gotten less attention, both in research and everyday practice. Injuries…