Keeping high fall risk patients safe is a challenge in nurses worldwide. Despite implementation of many prevention strategies‚ patient falls in hospitals continue to be a serious safety problem‚ causing nursing staff and administrators to seek innovative ways to further reduce falls among hospitalized patients. If high fall risk patients were to be monitored at all times of the day‚ the risk for falls would decrease drastically. Problem Statement The purpose of this study is to explore if implementing
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Fall Prevention Falls are one of the most common adverse events in health care institutions. Health care facilities are entitled to monitor patients and visitors who are in the risk of falls when entering their premises. Education is part of fall prevention. We can educate health care employees as nurses‚ physicians‚ health care employees‚ patients and visitors on how to prevent a fall. The way we can educate all the employees in the health care field is by instructing them on conferences‚ meetings
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Annotated Bibliography Karelis‚ C. (2008). The persistence of poverty. ESR Review‚ 10(1)‚ 28-33. Retrieved May 13‚ 2012‚ from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 1477242731). This paper explores the idea that poverty is itself persistent and that poverty is part of the natural order. Contemporary American writers regularly take society to task over the fact that the US poverty rate has been essentially the same for forty years‚ despite significant increases in the per capita domestic product
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Annotated Bibliography: Neo-Freudianism Axelrod‚ S. D. (2012). "Self-awareness: At the interface of executive development and psychoanalytic therapy. Psychoanalytic Inquiry‚ 32(4)‚ 340–357. doi:10.1080/07351690.2011.609364 Self-awareness is a multifaceted process‚ including both self-reflection and self-observation‚ yet it is important to recognize that not all there are the same. Compared to Freud’s free association‚ Sturba argues that the technique should be designed not to change the standard
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literature relating to reducing a fall in order people with a mental health problem. I shall critically analyse the strengths and weakness of the various strategies that have been used such as a complementary therapy in reducing falls in older people with dementia. In this assignment‚ I shall reflect upon my experience from my practice placement‚ where I was involved in the reduction of fall as a therapeutic intervention in order to minimise the injuries related to fall. In my conclusion‚ I shall include
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Bibliography: Bulkeley‚ Kelly. An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming. Connecticut: Praegar‚ 1997. Print. Colace‚ Claudio. Children’s Dreams: From Freud’s Observations to Modern Dream Research. London: Karnac‚ 2010. Print. Freud‚ Sigmund. The Interpretation
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Reducing the Number of Falls in Older Adults Growing up our body experience a lot of changes. As we age‚ our bodies develop in order to be stronger. However‚ as we get older our bodies start to deteriorate; if not maintained properly it becomes fragile. It is not uncommon for older adults in their nineties to still be walking‚ but a single slip or fall could take that independence away. “Falls are the most common cause of accidental death among older
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Alison Whitlock Wendy VanDellon English 401 14 Feb. 2011 Annotated Bibliography Frayne‚ T. "The Ultimate Goal: The Almighty Buck." Maclean ’s 105.6 (1992): 65. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013. In this online article I found from Academic Search Premier‚ it explores various professional athletes and their annual income. It is directed towards anyone interested in sports and athletes’ incomes. I would give this source credibility because Trent Frayne was a legendary sports writer
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Annotated Bibliography Data Mining Ayanso‚ A.‚ & Yoogalingam‚ R. (2010). Profiling Retail Web Site Functionalities and Conversion Rates: A Cluster Analysis. International Journal of Electronic Commerce‚ 14(1)‚ 79-113. doi:10.2753/JEC1086-4415140103 This article introduces the utilization of cluster analysis as a data mining tool. E-commerce has forced traditional businesses to reform their decision making processes and conduct its affairs based on activities occurring online. Monitoring
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due to jurisdictional issues (e.g.‚ the Aboriginal population) or logistical barriers (e.g.‚ the homeless). optimal service organization and delivery models including innovation in rural settings (e.g.‚ telehealth‚ web-counseling) and suicide prevention Service quality and outcomes improvements through integrated services‚ primary/shared care‚ evaluation‚ best practice and outcomes research Use of information systems to improve service integration Every child growing up in Alberta deserves
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