Using research-based interventions to decrease patient falls

Substantive Areas of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice

“…390 With an emphasis on integrating research into practice, CNSs have been involved not only with launching nursing models of research utilization and evidence-based practice nursing [399][400][401][402][403] but also with cultivating a climate within the clinical setting that values research. [404][405][406][407][408][409][410][411][412][413][414][415][416] …”

Targeting Environmental Factors to Reduce Elderly In-Patient Falls

“…Interventions to address elimination needs have included scheduled toileting (Kilpack et al, 1991;Krauss et al, 2008). This has reported limited success for two-hourly schedules due to poor patient compliance (Krauss et al, 2008), although a pilot trial indicated that hourly rounding may reduce the number of falls (Meade et al, 2006).…”

Conflicting Benefits and Hazards of Hospital-Style Bed Rails

“…However no studies have been located exploring or measuring these benefits. Bed rails have been used extensively as an intervention to manage falls (McCarter-Bayer et al, 2005;Capezuti et al, 2007;Rainville, 1984;Dunn, 2001;Kilpack et al, 1991;Hanger et al, 1999;Healey et al, 2004), but there is no evidence that they prevent falls or injury (Capezuti et al, 2007;Hanger et al, 1999).…”