Nurse-Initiated Fall and Osteoporosis Screening for Older Adults in the Emergency Department

Background Many older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) after a fall are discharged without adequate assessment of their fall risk. A nurse-initiated protocol was introduced for the early screening of older adults with injurious falls. We aimed to promote osteoporosis education and...

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Autores principales: Seah, Yi-En C, Ho, Shu Fang, Ang, Arron Seng Hock, Bacud, Jayvilyn P, Rosario, Barbara H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041925
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041925
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36001

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