From Risk for Trauma to Unintentional Injury Risk: Falls—A Concept Analysis

Autor: Carolyn M. Crowell, Deborah Perry Schoenfelder
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications. 10:149-157
ISSN: 1744-618X
1541-5147
Popis: TOPIC.Concept analysis of the nursing diagnosis risk for trauma. PURPOSE.To examine the nursing diagnosis risk for trauma and to specify the risk factors for falling. SOURCES.Research and informational articles on falling, and NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification, 1999–2000. CONCLUSIONS.Replace the current nursing diagnosis risk for trauma with the more specific nursing diagnosis unintentional injury risk: falls. The other risks included in risk for trauma (e.g., burns) also will need to be developed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE