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Mendoza, Dominador O., Jr.

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The Significance of Falls in Older Adults in the Acute Care Setting: An Assessment of Fall Prevention Strategies in a Regional Medical Center in Southwestern Arizona.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Significance of Falls in Older Adults in the Acute Care Setting: An Assessment of Fall Prevention Strategies in a Regional Medical Center in Southwestern Arizona./
Author:	Mendoza, Dominador O., Jr.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	151 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08B(E).
Subject:	Health care management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10750708
ISBN:	9780355797619

The Significance of Falls in Older Adults in the Acute Care Setting: An Assessment of Fall Prevention Strategies in a Regional Medical Center in Southwestern Arizona.
Mendoza, Dominador O., Jr.

The Significance of Falls in Older Adults in the Acute Care Setting: An Assessment of Fall Prevention Strategies in a Regional Medical Center in Southwestern Arizona. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 151 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: B.

Thesis (D.N.P.)--Grand Canyon University, 2018.

A significant rise in the rates of falls among patients aged 65 years and above continue despite putting in place effective fall assessment and prevention strategies. The project examined fall prevention strategies such as the education of nurses, clinical assessments, and other mitigation procedures that are aimed to decrease the number of falls, near falls, potential hazardous conditions, morbidity, and mortality in the identified age group. The project was anchored on Roy's adaptation model. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze data from n=237-record sample from a regional medical center in Southwestern Arizona. The results indicated a significant difference in the number of falls between events when employees are present at bedside and then when they are not (P=0.00). Fall rates were less during change of shift which was significantly different from both PM (P=0.00 ) and AM shift (P=0.00). At the same time however, there was no significant difference in the number of falls between the AM and PM shifts (P=0.893). Additionally, it was established that there existed no significant difference in the number of falls between differing numbers of comorbidities (P=0.515). A multiple regression showed significant relationship between the number of fall accidents and the prevention measures used (P=0.02). Turning the bed alarm and lights on, and having the urinal in reach are significant measures of preventing fall occurrence (P<0.05). The findings of this project support that multiple interventions should be combined within the hospital environment to mitigate the rates of falls among elderly patients, as they work differently in reducing fall rates.

ISBN: 9780355797619Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122906
Health care management.

The Significance of Falls in Older Adults in the Acute Care Setting: An Assessment of Fall Prevention Strategies in a Regional Medical Center in Southwestern Arizona.
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