Executive Summary: Falls in the hospital are the major cause for the morbidity and the mortality in the elderly population. Falls among the elderly is increasigly being recognised and it is a major concern for the developed as well as the developing country. The purpose of this paper is to descibe the epidemiology of fall in the elderly in the hospital ‚ incluidng the charateristics‚ circumstances and fall related related injuries. The focus of this program is to support the staff in identifying
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Fall Prevention in the Long Term Care Setting Preventing falls among residents in the long term care healthcare setting requires an all-around approach‚ and the recognition‚ evaluation and prevention of resident falls are significant tasks for all who seek to provide a safe environment in any healthcare setting. It is acknowledged that most of the currently available data‚ research and guidelines on fall prevention are most evident in long-term care settings; however‚ much is applicable for all
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2017)‚ the fall armyworm of maize is an insect which nourishes on the maize crops and have the potential of habitating an area on their arrival and this species can move long distances over a year mostly in the summer seasons. (FAOSTAT‚ 2013) stated that Maize (Zea Mays L.) crops is an important crop of agriculture in southern Africa‚ because large number of African populations depend on maize crops for their livelihood in both the rural and the urban areas. This adverse effect of the fall armyworm
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(2013) entitled: The Effectiveness Of A Fall Prevention/Management Program In Reducing Patient Falls: A Retrospective Study. The study was undertaken to analyze if there was a correlation between the nursing staff assessment and identification of patients at risk for falls and the nursing compliance with the hospital’s policy on fall prevention program. There were four research questions that the study sought to answer: (1) What were the hospital policy on fall prevention and the compliance of the
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When patient going to discharge the nurse’s responsibility to provide all discharge instruction for patient safety. But‚ some patient complaining about discharge instruction and family worried about how they can prevent the fall at home. The elderly people can’t manage their own health issue alone. Upon the discharge planning nurses can help their situation through case manager. The case manager talked with patient and the family members about the home health for them. Home health care agency is
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but turned into a dictatorship under the rule of Julius Caesar. This all started to take place in the 3rd century when rome started to get weak and they were starting to develop a “soft belly”. The primary reasons for the fall of Rome were military issues‚ unstable government‚ and civil decay. One of the primary reasons for the Fall of Rome was because of military issues. Based
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Death of a Salesman and Empire Falls Death of a Salesman is actually a very different story from Empire Falls. Although they are very different‚ they do have some similarities. If it weren’t for the novel‚ How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ I probably wouldn’t have seen these similarities. The novels‚ Death of a Salesman and Empire Falls have many differences but the few similarities come from literary elements that they have in common. In the novel Death of a Salesman‚ the story
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occurring or existing period after the end of colonial rule. Two examples of postcolonial art would be the book Things Fall Apart‚ written by Chinua Achebe‚ and the movie Ip Man‚ directed by Wilson Yip. Things Fall Apart is a narrative‚ told from the point of view of colonized people‚ about European colonization of Africa. Ip Man is a movie based on a true story in China that falls into the time
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Muskrat Falls is a complete waste of time‚ money‚ and Newfoundland’s resources. The previous statement is the opinion of many Newfoundlanders across the island‚ but I would respectfully disagree. Muskrat Falls will not only be a milestone in Newfoundland and Labrador’s history‚ but it will lower electricity costs‚ create safe green energy‚ and pay for its self once it is operational. The common unfavorable opinion of the Lower Churchill project can be summed up to a lack of understanding of how this
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of gender and power or society in ‘Othello’ and ‘Things Fall Apart’. The use of gender and power in both‚ ‘Othello’ and ‘Things Fall Apart’ is very significant. In Othello men have more personal freedom and women are judged by them in relation to them‚ where as in Things Fall Apart‚ women do not have any power in the society since a man is considered wealthy if a man has three wives which the protagonist of things fall apart‚ Okonkwo did. In Othello‚ the relationship between
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