Abstract

The result has shown existed differences between high-risk and low-risk inpatient in implementation of fall prevention strategies.There"s still an improvement room for nurses to select and consider fall prevention strategies, and that would be a reference for further studying of fall prevention strategies.

Author Details

Yueh-Li Yu, MSN, Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Shu-Yuan Lin, PhD, College of Nursing/Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University/Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Fall Prevention Strategies, falling risk, inpatients

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Evaluating differences of implementing fall prevention strategies on low and high risk of falling inpatients

Dublin, Ireland

The result has shown existed differences between high-risk and low-risk inpatient in implementation of fall prevention strategies.There"s still an improvement room for nurses to select and consider fall prevention strategies, and that would be a reference for further studying of fall prevention strategies.