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Nursing Diagnosis & Midwifery 2018

S e p t e m b e r 1 0 - 1 1 , 2 0 1 8

P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c

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Journal of Nursing and Health Studies

ISSN: 2574-2825

E u r o S c i C o n E v e n t o n

Nursing Diagnosis &

Midwifery

T

he aim of this review is to determine the fall prevention approaches that are most effective in the long-term care setting. Fall prevention

is a significant challenge in healthcare and can have life-altering effects on frail elders. Alarms have been a mainstay in nursing homes,

but it remains to be proven if these are effective in fall prevention. In elderly patients in long-term care, are stand-alone interventions

such as alarms as effective as multifaceted, anticipatory measures for fall prevention? Through a web-based literature search in CINAHL,

PubMed, and Google Scholar, 14 studies were included in this review. These examined specific interventions, nursing perspective on fall

management, the role of the nurse practitioner, and barriers to fall management implementation in the clinical setting. Alarms, rounding

protocols, multi-interventional and multidisciplinary programs were discussed, with an analysis of which interventions and programs had the

best patient outcomes. Alarms proved to have inconsistent results, and no singular intervention was determined to be the most effective

approach. Multi-disciplinary and comprehensive patient-centered approaches to fall management resulted in positive patient outcomes.

jvese1@stu.mcphs.edu

Thinking beyond bed alarms: a multifaceted

approach to fall prevention

Jaclyn Vesey

MCPHS University, USA

J Nurs Health Stud 2018 Volume: 3

DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C4-012