Fall Prevention Efforts in Hospitals

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

This article summarizes research and draws overall conclusions from the body of literature on fall prevention interventions to provide nurse administrators with a basis for developing evidence-based fall prevention programs in the hospital setting. Data are obtained from published studies. Thirteen articles are retrieved that focused on fall interventions in the hospital setting. An analysis is...

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

CONTEXT Falls cause injury and death for persons of all ages, but risk of falls increases markedly with age. Hospitalization further increases risk, yet no evidence exists to support short-stay hospital-based fall prevention strategies to reduce patient falls. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether a fall prevention tool kit (FPTK) using health information technology (HIT) decreases patient falls i...

Prevention Efforts for Malaria

Purpose of Review Malaria remains a global burden contributing to morbidity and mortality especially in children under 5 years of age. Despite the progress achieved towards malaria burden reduction, achieving elimination in more countries remains a challenge. This article aims to review the prevention and control strategies for malaria, to assess their impact towards reducing the disease burden...

Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Efforts

Village or Tribe? Expectations, Roles, and Responsibilities for Effective Fall Prevention Efforts

Effective fall prevention efforts bridge the silos between clinical and community practice. A fall experienced by an older adult is rarely a straightforward event. Typically, falls are due to complex inter-related medical, behavioral, and environmental risk factors (1). For many older adults, medical risk factors such as medication reconciliation, treatment of atrial fibrillation, or physical t...