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Compliance In Fall Prevention In Dementia Vs Non-Dementia Nursing Home Units, Garima Shrestha
Compliance In Fall Prevention In Dementia Vs Non-Dementia Nursing Home Units, Garima Shrestha
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The student nurse researcher performed a research study to determine if there was a difference in the compliance of fall prevention interventions between dementia and non-dementia nursing home units. The student nurse researcher hypothesized the dementia nursing home units would be more compliant with fall prevention interventions than the non-dementia nursing home units. In contrast, the null hypothesis stated there would be no statistically significant difference in the compliance of fall prevention interventions between the dementia and the non-dementia nursing home units. The Fall Prevention Intervention Checklist was used to assess environmental fall hazards in occupied resident rooms. Of the …