• J Nurs Care Qual · Jul 2008

    The extrinsic risk factors for inpatient falls in hospital patient rooms.

    • Huey-Ming Tzeng and Chang-Yi Yin.
    • Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. tzeng_hueyming@yahoo.com
    • J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Jul 1; 23 (3): 233-41.

    AbstractThis exploratory study identified the extrinsic risk factors for inpatient falls in hospital rooms both from incident reports and from nurse and nursing attendant interviews. An attributional theory of success and failure was adopted, and a proposed typology was used to elicit data, including 3 dimensions as follows: (a) patient room setting and design, (b) hospital equipment, and (c) manpower concerns.

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