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Nursing staff's awareness of keeping beds in the lowest position to prevent falls and fall injuries in an adult acute surgical inpatient care setting.

Huey-Ming Tzeng1, Chang-Yi Yin, Allison Anderson, Atul Prakash.   

Abstract

High beds are a safety concern. This qualitative study used pre-existing nurse interview data and confirmed nurses' awareness of the importance of keeping patient beds in the lowest position. Lowering the bed helps promote patient safety and prevent falls.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 23243783      PMCID: PMC3639136     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Medsurg Nurs        ISSN: 1092-0811


  8 in total

1.  Understanding the prevalence of inpatient falls associated with toileting in adult acute care settings.

Authors:  Huey-Ming Tzeng
Journal:  J Nurs Care Qual       Date:  2010 Jan-Mar       Impact factor: 1.597

2.  Keeping patient beds in a low position: an exploratory descriptive study to continuously monitor the height of patient beds in an adult acute surgical inpatient care setting.

Authors:  Huey-Ming Tzeng; Atul Prakash; Mark Brehob; David Andrew Devecsery; Allison Anderson; Chang-Yi Yin
Journal:  Contemp Nurse       Date:  2012-06       Impact factor: 1.787

3.  Outcomes from the implementation of a facility-specific evidence-based falls prevention intervention program in residential aged care.

Authors:  Jennifer Nitz; Elizabeth Cyarto; Sharon Andrews; Marcia Fearn; Stephanie Fu; Terrence Haines; Betty Haralambous; Keith Hill; Susan Hunt; Emma Lea; Kirsten Moore; Emma Renehan; Andrew Robinson
Journal:  Geriatr Nurs       Date:  2011-12-30       Impact factor: 2.361

4.  Measuring fall program outcomes.

Authors:  Pat Quigley; Julia Neily; Mary Watson; Marilyn Wright; Karen Strobe
Journal:  Online J Issues Nurs       Date:  2007-03-02

Review 5.  Interventions designed to prevent healthcare bed-related injuries in patients.

Authors:  Oliver Anderson; Piers R Boshier; George B Hanna
Journal:  Cochrane Database Syst Rev       Date:  2012-01-18

6.  Perspectives of recently discharged patients on hospital fall-prevention programs.

Authors:  Huey-Ming Tzeng; Chang-Yi Yin
Journal:  J Nurs Care Qual       Date:  2009 Jan-Mar       Impact factor: 1.597

7.  Heights of occupied patient beds: a possible risk factor for inpatient falls.

Authors:  Huey-Ming Tzeng; Chang-Yi Yin
Journal:  J Clin Nurs       Date:  2008-06       Impact factor: 3.036

8.  Bed and toilet height as potential environmental risk factors.

Authors:  Elizabeth Capezuti; Laura Wagner; Barbara L Brush; Marie Boltz; Susan Renz; Michelle Secic
Journal:  Clin Nurs Res       Date:  2008-02       Impact factor: 2.075

  8 in total
  2 in total

1.  How feasible was a bed-height alert system?

Authors:  Huey-Ming Tzeng; Atul Prakash; Mark Brehob; Allison Anderson; David Andrew Devecsery; Chang-Yi Yin
Journal:  Clin Nurs Res       Date:  2012-09-20       Impact factor: 2.075

2.  Delirium markers in older fallers: a case-control study.

Authors:  Kelly Doherty; Elizabeth Archambault; Brittany Kelly; James L Rudolph
Journal:  Clin Interv Aging       Date:  2014-11-21       Impact factor: 4.458

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