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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · May 2011
Promoting safety in the cardiac intensive care unit: the role of the geriatric resource nurse in early identification of patient risk for falls and delirium.
- Susan G Mullin, Wioletta Chrostowski, and Christine Waszynski.
- Hartford Hospital, 158 Windmill Hill, Wethersfield, CT 06109, USA. smullin@harthosp.org
- Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011 May 1;30(3):150-9.
AbstractPatient safety is an overarching theme inherent in hospital care. The aging of the population increases the potential for serious consequences from a lapse in safety. Educating intensive care unit nursing team members in early recognition of delirium and other fall risk factors can improve patient safety outcomes. The geriatric resource nurse model was used to achieve a reduction in falls through standardized delirium screening and implementation of fall prevention strategies.© 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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