Janice M Morse

Preventing Patient Falls

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Patient falls continue to be a serious concern within hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. When caring for elderly and disabled patients, a fall prevention program is vital. This authoritative and practical book outlines the process for developing and maintaining a fall prevention program in health care institutions. Morse presents over two decades of research as well as the highly acclaimed Morse Fall Scale, which has been adopted by the VA Hospital System and numerous hospitals around the United States. This extensively revised edition serves the dual purpose of providing practical, "how-to" guidelines as well as presenting cutting-edge research on patient falls. The first section on clinical application discusses the complete process of implementing a fall prevention program using the Morse Fall Scale. The research section of the book explains how the scale works, and provides information on evaluating the incidence, frequency, and severity of falls. Highlights of this book: Thoroughly revised with three new chapters, a new research section, and a revised appendix Contains key clinical applications, such as monitoring falls, predicting physiologically anticipated falls, and conducting a fall assessment Research section contains appendices on determining the level of fall risk, suggested methods for testing the Morse Fall Scale, and fall rates This book contains all the essentials needed to implement and coordinate a fall prevention program. A definite must-read for nurse and hospital administrators, nurse and clinical managers, and risk managers."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780826103895
• ISBN-10: 0826103898
• Artikelnr.: 25009352

Autorenporträt

Janice M. Morse lives in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born an only child in Beaumont, Texas, to Scots-Irish parents who married late in life. She grew up in the '50s and '60s loving classical to rock and roll music, and reading. She wanted to learn music and play the piano, but never got a piano. Writing was also a dream, but it did not happen as a child. Only as an adult did she learn advanced music by playing hand bells, and she wrote for her church newsletter. "My Irish great-grandfather was a poet and my Scottish father wrote for his fraternal organization. I started writing poetry when my daughter was dating a young man who was obviously looking for answers for his own life. It just poured out on a piece of paper as if someone invisible was moving my hand. From then on, I realized I had the gift of poetry. All I had to do was listen for the inspiration."

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
SECTION 1: CLINICAL APPLICATION
CHAPTER 1: CREATING A FALL INTERVENTION PROGRAM: AN OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 2: CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT: PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL FALLS
CHAPTER 3: MONITORING FALLS IN AN INSTITUTION
CHAPTER 4: PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTRICIPATED FALLS
CHAPTER 5: FALL PREVENTION
CHAPTER 6 (NEW): PROTECTING THE FALL PRONE PATIENT
CHAPTER 7 (NEW): CONDUCTING A FALL RISK ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 8: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM
SECTION 2: RESEARCH
CHAPTER 12: ALTERATIVE APPROACHES TO ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 13: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORSE FALL SCALE
CHAPTER 14: THE MORSE FALL SCALE: DETERMINING LEVEL OF RISK
CHAPTER 15: CALCULATING FALL RATES
CHAPTER 16 (NEW): BENCHMARKING
CHAPTER 17: GUIDE TO RESOURCES