کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5569663 | 1403723 | 2017 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia require nonpharmacologic interventions.
- Medication reviews completed by the nurse practitioner, in collaboration with staff, are effective.
- Decreasing psychotropic medications does not necessarily decrease falls.
Falls in elderly patients with dementia are common and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Psychotropic medications used to treat dementia are discouraged and may contribute to patient falls. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for appropriate antipsychotic use in this population exist. A nurse practitioner-led team used evidence-based tools to reduce psychotropic medication use in residents with dementia on a memory care unit and evaluated the effect on patient falls. Despite evidence linking falls to psychotropic medications, a reduction in resident falls was not found.
Journal: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2017, Pages e191-e194