Although hospital falls have been decreasing over the past several years, they remain a
significant problem. 1 Patient falls are the most common adverse events reported in …

Aims To determine the most accurate fall risk screening tools for predicting falls among
patients aged 65 years or older admitted to acute care hospitals. Background Falls represent …

Adults age 65 and older (“older adults”) are the fastest growing segment of the United States
population, and their number is expected to double to 89 million between 2010 and 2050. 1 …

Background Inpatient falls, many resulting in injury or death, are a serious problem in
hospital settings. Existing falls risk assessment tools, such as the Morse Fall Scale, give a …

Purpose Critical illness survivors commonly have impaired physical functioning. Physical
therapy interventions delivered in the intensive care unit can reduce these impairments, but …

Falls and fall injuries in hospitals are the most frequently reported adverse event among
adults in the inpatient setting. Advancing measurement and improvement around falls …

The aim of this integrative review was to identify which nursing handover interventions were
associated with improved patient outcomes, specifically patients' falls, pressure injuries and …

Persistent and pervasive rudeness and lack of respect are unfortunately common in
workplaces today. The deleterious effects of this incivility at work may be even worse than …

Aim The aims of this study were to create a model that detects the population at risk of falls
taking into account a fall prevention variable and to know the effect on the model's …

The purpose of this study is to give recommendations for knowledge and practices and
ethics of nurses and nursing in hospitals-case in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam in order to …