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Access To And Utilization Of Primary Care: A Synthesis, Klaire M. Johnson

Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

Barriers to access and utilization of primary care affect nearly 9% of the nation’s population (USDHHS, n.d.a). These barriers are important to evaluate for members of the aging population due to increased need for health care as a result of chronic conditions and falls. Research indicates that access for the aging population is affected by a variety of factors, including: transportation, non-financial barriers, and internal factors. Issues surrounding current delivery of care, such as a workforce shortage of primary care physicians, have compounded the problem even further. While this issue has begun to be addressed through the Affordable Care Act, …

Effectiveness Of Fall Prevention Program On Nurses’ Knowledge And Fall Prevention Practices, Alisha Bhardwaj, Deepa Chugh

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

economic harm. Nurses who care for patients should be aware of the risk factors of patient falls, ways to prevent falls and provide nursing intervention. Hence, a fall prevention program was organized in order to educate the nurses regarding fall prevention. Objective: The objectives of the study were to identify the nurses’ knowledge and fall prevention practices in the hospital before and after implementation of educational sessions, to evaluate the effectiveness of fall prevention programs on nurses’ knowledge and fall prevention practices and to find out the association between post-intervention nurses’ knowledge with selected demographic variables. Method: Pre-experimental research design …

The Unheard Cry Of An Emergency Nurse, Monica Rita Hendricks, Dr.Sunil Kumar Shetty

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Abstract

Working as an emergency nurse, brings along with it a string of complications that the nurse initially did not sign up for when she opted for a job in the emergency department. The dreams of a fresh staff are soon crushed by the turmoil of their her job.

The aim of this reality check article is to spread awareness among the nurses in India and make them feel supported in their ordeal. The paper also focuses on what could be done to help the nurses traverse through their stressful everyday nursing lives.

Key words: Emergency department, nurse, stress

An Exploration Of The Association Of Patient Characteristics And Pharmacological Treatments To Inpatient Falls Among Patients At-Risk For Falling During Hospitalization, Julie David, Maria Ojeda, James O. Adefisoye, Winifred Pardo

Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Introduction/Background: Falls may be the most commonly reported incidents in the acute care setting, and a frequent cause of harm in the hospital. Studies have focused on identifying risk factors for falls and interventions aimed at reducing the risk of falling. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare patient characteristics and pharmacological treatments between patients who fell and patients who did not fall, among a sample of patients deemed to be at-risk for falling during hospitalization. Additionally, the study aimed to identify independent predictors of falls among patients at-risk for falls during hospitalization.

Methods: An observational, cross-sectional …