Challenges in Defining and Categorizing Falls on Diverse Unit Types: Lessons from Expansion of the NDNQI Falls Indicator

In 2012, the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators launched a project to expand its falls indicator for use on pediatric, neonatal, and psychiatric units. We discuss challenges encountered, argue that schemes for categorizing falls by cause or supposed preventability are not suitable for l...

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Autores principales: Staggs, Vincent S., Davidson, Jan, Dunton, Nancy, Crosser, Brandon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25188525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000085

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25188525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000085

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