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Preventing Patient Falls: Establishing a Fall Intervention Program

Autor Janice M. Morse
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2008
Presents a discussion of the process of implementing a fall prevention program in an institution using the Morse Fall Scale. This title offers information for understanding how the scale works, and for evaluating the incidence, frequency, and severity of falls with rates of prevention. It also features an appendix and a research section.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826103895
ISBN-10: 0826103898
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 150 x 221 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Springer

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Patient falls continue to be a serious concern within hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. When caring for elderly and disabled patients, a fall prevention program is vital.

This authoritative and practical book outlines the process for developing and maintaining a fall prevention program in health care institutions. Morse presents over two decades of research as well as the highly acclaimed Morse Fall Scale, which has been adopted by the VA Hospital System and numerous hospitals around the United States.

This extensively revised edition serves the dual purpose of providing practical, ""how-to"" guidelines as well as presenting cutting-edge research on patient falls. The first section on clinical application discusses the complete process of implementing a fall prevention program using the Morse Fall Scale. The research section of the book explains how the scale works, and provides information on evaluating the incidence, frequency, and severity of falls.

Highlights of this book: Thoroughly revised with three new chapters, a new research section, and a revised appendix Contains key clinical applications, such as monitoring falls, predicting physiologically anticipated falls, and conducting a fall assessment Research section contains appendices on determining the level of fall risk, suggested methods for testing the Morse Fall Scale, and fall rates

This book contains all the essentials needed to implement and coordinate a fall prevention program. A definite must-read for nurse and hospital administrators, nurse and clinical managers, and risk managers. "


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Fall prevention continues to be a serious concern for hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. This authoritative and practical book describes the process for developing and maintaining a fall prevention program in such institutions.

Notă biografică

Janice M. Morse lives in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born an only child in Beaumont, Texas, to Scots-Irish parents who married late in life. She grew up in the '50s and '60s loving classical to rock and roll music, and reading. She wanted to learn music and play the piano, but never got a piano. Writing was also a dream, but it did not happen as a child. Only as an adult did she learn advanced music by playing hand bells, and she wrote for her church newsletter. "My Irish great-grandfather was a poet and my Scottish father wrote for his fraternal organization. I started writing poetry when my daughter was dating a young man who was obviously looking for answers for his own life. It just poured out on a piece of paper as if someone invisible was moving my hand. From then on, I realized I had the gift of poetry. All I had to do was listen for the inspiration."

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