Nursing Theories: Preventing Patient Falls

Hi Kathleen, inhonesty, I had trouble deciding which theoretical framework matches my nursing topic. I think that there is more than one theory involved. Practice theories are “designed to propose specific approaches to particular nursing practice situations” (Grove, Gray, & Burns, 2015, p. 197). With your nursing topic of patient falls, the practice theory is applicable when you are dealing or implement specific interventions to prevent patient falls from happening. I think that there is there more to preventing patient falls than a specific intervention. There are different factors involve with falls. At work, we have different interventions, such as bed and chair alarms, in place to prevent certain residents from falls, but the incidents