A fall may be described as an unpredicted contact with the ground. Falls remain constantly high and can be attributed to a various reasons that require awareness in healthcare facilities. These causes‚ includes poor lighting slippery or uneven floors clutter‚ wrong bed height‚ cognitive issues‚ mental health concerns etc. Falls have both physical significances‚ financial impact on the facility as well as emotional implications to the patients. A fall that results in injury has a financial impact
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involved to reduce the fall by applying the planning and intervention technique; however‚ the nurse needs to prioritize the patient specific needs to prevent fall prevention in acute care settings. The article indicates that further study needed to find out successful outcome and identify the effective strategies. Abreu et al. (2012) article indicates that fall prevention is difficult‚ but it is important for the nurse to monitor the patient and understand the guidelines to prevent fall. The article also
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interesting and challenge in many ways so far. Fall prevention is the last thing that comes to mind in relation to obstetric population. The reason being that laboring and fetus is closely monitoring during and after birth. In my research on the discussion‚ it was noted that fall prevention in obstetric is not well documented and that tool assessment use to assess for fall risk in other health care setting‚ does not work effectively in the obstetric setting. Fall risk tools are typically designed to predict
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The purpose of this project is to review recent research in regards to the issues of older people being socially isolated and lonely within society and what the benefits the Interventions bring to an older person’s life to help alleviate social isolation and loneliness‚ which the elderly people of the United Kingdom still have to face in contemporary society. It is essential that people working in the social care organisations are aware of the issue and its possible consequences and remain alert
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Currently‚ at the orthopedic surgical unit‚ several fall prevention tactics are put in place. However‚ it is not being implemented effectively. The unit fall tactics include fall risk assessment tool‚ using the bed and chair alarms‚ gait belt‚ hourly rounding‚ yellow fall kit‚ the kit includes a yellow blanket‚ socks‚ fall risk bracelet‚ and a magnet to place at the patient’s door. On 4/10/17 the unit started new safety tactics called the safety huddle at the begin of each shift to increase staff
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Patient Falls and Prevention in Health Care Patient falls are a significant representation of adverse events in health care organizations worldwide. There are several common risk factors intrinsic to patients‚ which include reduced vision‚ musculoskeletal disease‚ altered mental state‚ history of falls‚ and other chronic diseases. Health care organizations are expected to focus on those intrinsic factors as well as the extrinsic‚ which are those present in their patient’s environment. For example
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Critique of a Research Article Module Title: Evidence Based Practice and the Community Word Count: 2‚159 (excluding reference list) This paper presents a critique of a qualitative research article titled: ’Perceived support from healthcare practitioners among adults with type 2 diabetes ’ (Oftedal et al‚ 2010) (appendix 1). To enable the critique of this article the Caldwell critiquing tool (2005) will be utilized. (Appendix 2) Research critiquing is a valuable
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Unit 28: Caring for older people P3: Explain ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. M2: Assess ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. D1: Evaluate ways in which the sectors work together to support the independence and wellbeing of older people. Doris has stayed connected with her friend Frieda who lives on her own independently but recently she has had a fall and she has been
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Sexual Activity in Late Adulthood Miriam Goncalves Bridgewater State University Author Notes This paper was prepared for SCWK 321‚ Section 01‚ taught by Professor Jonghyun Lee Late adulthood is considered to start at the age of 65 and continue through 85 until death. According to Erik Erikson’s 8 stage of psychosocial development‚ this is the final stage of an individual‚ the integrity vs. despair stage. During this stage of maturity in late adulthood‚ they begin to reflect on
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