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Falls
Home exercise program reduces falls among older adults
A home-based strength and balance retraining exercise program can significantly reduce subsequent falls in adults 70 years or older who…
Improving practice to reduce falls in the nursing home
Falls, typical incidents among older adults in the nursing home, are associated with debility, functional impairment, and mortality. Falls resulting…
Issues up close
How NDNQI® data are helping top hospitals improve nursing quality
Protecting children by preventing falls
Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury to children outside hospitals and a considerable concern during hospitalization
Slips, trips, and falls of healthcare workers
Preventing the slips, trips, and falls of healthcare workers.
Special Supplement to American Nurse Today – Best Practices for Falls Reduction: A Practical Guide
Learn the facts about patient falls and find out how to overcome obstacles
to creating safer care environments.
Startling number of older adults take prescription drugs that increase risk of falling
A surprising recent study found that 94 percent of adults 65 years or older take at least one prescription drug…
The impact of rounding on a geriatric psychiatric unit
A tool for patient safety and staff satisfaction. By Idrialis Perez-Carter, MS, RN Takeaways: Readers will be able to understand…
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