US and Dutch nurse experiences with fall prevention technology within nursing home environment and workflow: A qualitative study.
Geriatr Nurs
; 38(4): 276-282, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
Falls remain a major geriatric problem, and the search for new solutions continues. We investigated how existing fall prevention technology was experienced within nursing home nurses' environment and workflow. Our NIH-funded study in an American nursing home was followed by a cultural learning exchange with a Dutch nursing home. We constructed two case reports from interview and observational data and compared the magnitude of falls, safety cultures, and technology characteristics and effectiveness. Falls were a high-magnitude problem at the US site, with a collectively vigilant safety culture attending to non-directional audible alarms; falls were a low-magnitude problem at the NL site which employed customizable, infrared sensors that directed text alerts to assigned staff members' mobile devices in patient-centered care culture. Across cases, 1) a coordinated communication system was essential in facilitating effective fall prevention alert response, and 2) nursing home safety culture is tightly associated with the chosen technological system.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Accidentes por Caídas
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Administración de la Seguridad
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Tecnología Biomédica
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Flujo de Trabajo
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Casas de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Geriatr Nurs
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article