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J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv ; 51(5): 28-34, 2013 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23557088

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A Fall Committee was developed in response to an increase in the rate of falls by patients at a primarily behavioral health, urban teaching hospital in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Fall Committee identified interventions to potentially lessen the number of patient falls and areas where documentation could be improved to better describe an incident in the medical record. The Fall Committee developed paperwork to be completed after each patient fall and made changes to the low fall risk and high fall risk treatment plans. This article describes the recommendations submitted by the Fall Committee and its subsequent implementation. Although not causational, the fall rate decreased after the recommendations of the Fall Committee were implemented; however, a recent rise in the fall rate was noted and attributed to higher patient acuity on the unit. The committee investigation into this issue highlighted the paucity of research in this field and the need for a streamlined, easy-to-use, behavioral health fall scale to more accurately judge the fall risk of patients in this specialized subset.


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Acidentes por Quedas/prevenção & controle , Hospitais de Ensino , Hospitais Urbanos , Transtornos Mentais/enfermagem , Enfermagem Psiquiátrica , Gestão da Segurança/métodos , Acidentes por Quedas/estatística & dados numéricos , Causalidade , Comorbidade , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Avaliação em Enfermagem , Medição de Risco , Estados Unidos
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