determine whether multimedia fall prevention education using different instructional strategies increases older adult’s knowledge of fall threats and their fall prevention behaviors. The population being studied in this research is community dwelling older adults who participated in response to flyers or through senior housing and community facilities. There are fifty-three of these older adults who are 65 years old or older and have no physical or mental disabilities. The nursing intervention involved
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Overview of Fall Prevention in the Elderly Nur/440 June 30‚ 2014 Overview of Fall Prevention in the Elderly Elderly people are a vulnerable population for many reasons. Characteristics of a vulnerable population include being susceptible to or at risk for health problems (de Chesnay & Anderson‚ 2012‚ p. 4). One thing that elders are susceptible to is being prone to a fall. Falls can result in a variety of injuries from fractures to chronic pain to reduced quality of life and increased morbidity
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Do standardised nursing languages/taxonomies provide evidence of nursings distinctive contribution to patient care? Yes‚ the use of a standardized nursing language for documentation of nursing care is vital both to the nursing profession and to the bedside/direct care nurse {Rutherford 2008}. In a health care environment where nurses are providing more care to more patients‚ Dr. Herdman says a standardized nursing language “provides clarity in communication among all professionals caring for that
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resources/risk management regarding the number of patient falls‚ and number of staff injuries‚ adjusted for census‚ that were due to patient transfers. This includes information from incident reports and industrial injuries reports. A reduction in both the number of injuries and days offs as a result of those injuries‚ as well a reduction in the number of patient falls during transfers would be expected in a successful program. “The best measure of falls is one that can be compared over time within a hospital
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Chapter 15 –part B p. 333 (Cameron) Motivation theories include Achievement-motivation theory Expectancy theory Equity theory Motivation theories are derived predominantly from the work of: Abraham Maslow (a psychologist) Achievement-motivation theory developed by: Focus: Atkinson‚ McClelland‚ and Veroff Aspects of personality characteristics and proposes 3 forms of motivation/needs in work situations (achievement‚ power‚ affiliation) Individuals are not as concerned with 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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References: Cawley‚ J.‚ & Liu‚ F. (2008). Correlates of state legislative action to prevent childhood obesity. Obesity‚ 16(1)‚ 162–167. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/oby.2007.3/pdf National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (January 7‚ 2013). Healthy communities: What local governments can do to reduce and prevent obesity. Division of Nutrition‚ Physical Activity‚ and Obesity. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/CDC_Healthy_Communities
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many different theories that are used in the nursing profession. Each of these theories have their own concept and uniqueness that can be applied in a nursing capacity. All nursing theories have some form of connection to the advanced practice nurse (APN) practice. There are different types of theories for nursing circumstances. It is important for APN to obtain a good understanding and know how to apply the theory to their practice. Some of these nursing theories are Maslow’s theory‚ Orem Self Care
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The Future of Nursing Theory Discussion Huiying Shen Patrick Hogue Christel Rockwood University of Phoenix Nurs/403 7/1/2014 Mega Deol RN‚ MSN Theories and Models of Nursing Practice Nursing theory is the framework in nursing practice‚ so the development of nursing theory can alter nurses’ knowledge and behaviors‚ and also influence the nursing practice. In this project‚ team B
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started from formulating a question or when there is an area of concern. This occurs when there is a gap in the information that demands a solution to help improve nursing practice (Schmidt & Brown‚ 2015). A nurse can identify a research problem through professional literature‚ clinical experience‚ previous research‚ current nursing theories‚ and national initiatives (Schmidt & Brown‚ 2015). Professional literature can help to identify a research problem. Reading journals‚ using internet search engines
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