Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5868066 | Applied Nursing Research | 2015 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Many factors influence the occurrence of a fall in hospitalized patients. Fall risk assessment and the implementation of fall prevention strategies are both effective strategies in the clinical area to identify and decrease the probability of a fall. The presence of the RN is significant in fall prevention in medical-surgical patients.
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Authors
Jill PhD, RN, Charlotte PhD, RN, Edmund PhD, RN, Susan MS, RN, Edna PhD, RN, Miguel MA,