Impact of level of nurse experience on falls in medical surgical units
| Autor: | Victoria Bowden, Cheryl Bradas, Molly McNett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Leadership and Management Patient risk Staffing Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Nurses Unit (housing) Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Risk Factors Medicine Humans Experience level Nursing management Aged Quality of Health Care Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over 030504 nursing business.industry 030503 health policy & services Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Retrospective cohort study Length of Stay Middle Aged Public health care Emergency medicine Accidental Falls Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing management. 27(4) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2834 |
| Popis: | Aim To describe nurse-specific and patient risk factors present at the time of a patient fall on medical surgical units within an academic public health care system. Background The incidence of falls can be devastating for hospitalized patients and their families. Few studies have investigated how patient and nurse-specific factors can decrease the occurrence of falls in hospitals. Method In this retrospective cohort study, data were gathered on all patients who experienced a fall during January 2012 to December 2013. Results Falls were reduced dramatically when the number of nurses on the unit increased to five or six. Patient falls occurred most often when either the least experienced or most experienced nursing staff were providing care. Conclusion Patient falls in hospitals can be influenced not only by patient-specific factors, but also by nurse staffing and experience level. Implications for nursing management Findings from this study highlight factors which may contribute to hospital-based falls prevention initiatives and are amenable to nursing management decisions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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