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Understanding Unassisted Falls

Authors :
Jeff E. Knight
Nancy Dunton
Vincent S. Staggs
Source :
Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 27:194-199
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012.

Abstract

Hierarchical Poisson modeling was used to explore hospital and nursing unit characteristics as predictors of the unassisted fall rate. Longitudinal data were collected from 1502 units in 248 US hospitals. The relation between the fall rate and total nurse staffing was positive at lower staffing levels and negative for levels around and above the median. The fall rate was negatively associated with registered nurse skill mix and average registered nurse tenure on the unit.

Details

ISSN :
10573631
Volume :
27
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4afaa0be4eb6aee88f4346c107831aac
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/ncq.0b013e318241da2d