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Bazan-Salazar, Emilia C.

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Reducing falls in the skilled nursing facility: An evidenced based solution for increased elderly safety.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Reducing falls in the skilled nursing facility: An evidenced based solution for increased elderly safety./
Author:	Bazan-Salazar, Emilia C.
Description:	99 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-02(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-02B(E).
Subject:	Nursing. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3601912
ISBN:	9781303536489

Reducing falls in the skilled nursing facility: An evidenced based solution for increased elderly safety.
Bazan-Salazar, Emilia C.

Reducing falls in the skilled nursing facility: An evidenced based solution for increased elderly safety. - 99 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-02(E), Section: B.

Thesis (D.N.P.)--Capella University, 2013.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Background: Inappropriate prescribing in the elderly has an increased risk of adverse drug reactions and a consequently higher rate of morbidity and mortality. A large portion of the ongoing problem is preventable by utilizing a drug monitoring tool such as the Beer's Criteria by assisting in the identification of inappropriate medications to clinicians.

ISBN: 9781303536489Subjects--Topical Terms:

528444
Nursing.

Reducing falls in the skilled nursing facility: An evidenced based solution for increased elderly safety.
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520 $a Objective: To reduce the fall rate in elderly patients in a skilled rehabilitation facility by using the validated Beer's Criteria monitoring tool.
520 $a Method: 215 male and female patients aged 65 or older had their admission orders reviewed for inappropriate medications upon admission to a small skilled rehabilitation facility located in Oregon over a nine-month period. Results: Total reduction in fall rate from 22% to 5 % over a 9 month period.
520 $a Conclusion: Using the Beer's Criteria is an effective way of decreasing falls in the skilled rehabilitation setting. Key words: Beer's Criteria, elderly, elderly falls, Inappropriate prescribing.
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