Abstract
Reducing falls in nursing homes requires a knowledgeable nursing workforce. To test knowledge, 8 validated vignettes representing multifactorial fall causes were administered to 47 nurses from 3 nursing homes. Although licensed practical nurses scored higher than registered nurses in individual categories of falls, when we computed the average score of all 8 categories between groups of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, registered nurses scored higher (F = 4.106; P < .05) in identifying 8 causal reasons for older adults to fall.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 153-160 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Nursing Care Quality |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nursing(all)
Keywords
- Fall prevention
- Licensed practice nurses
- Nurses' knowledge
- Nursing homes
- Registered nurses