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Trends In Health Outcomes Before And After Long Term Care Federal Regulations Limited Antipsychotic Medication Use: A Secondary Data Analysis, Karen Robson
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Trends in resident falls did not significantly change, although trends in serious injury from falls declined ten years after regulations restricted antipsychotic medications in long-term care facilities. Trends in functional and continence status worsened after the regulations were implemented.
Reducing Inpatient Falls And Falls With Injury, Constance Leigh Cannon
Reducing Inpatient Falls And Falls With Injury, Constance Leigh Cannon
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Patient falls are a costly problem for many inpatient hospitals and are exacerbated by poor training of nursing and ancillary staff. The researcher sought to determine if there was a difference in inpatient falls and falls with injury after a hospital facility in the Southwestern United States revised its fall prevention policy, reorganized its fall prevention committee, and provided new interventions for nurses assessing patients for fall risk. In this quantitative, retrospective, comparative project, the researcher reviewed data from 2017–2020 related to the facility’s fall prevention program, including its new interventions and efforts to involve patients in their safety and …