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Evidence Based Practice Project Laura Chestman Walden University Nursing 4100: Quality and Safety Through Evidence-Based Practice August 11, 2018 Week 5: EBP Practice Introduction Research question: What preventative evidenced-based practice nursin
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Course
NUR6521
Institution
NUR6521
Evidence Based Practice Project
Laura Chestman
Walden University
Nursing 4100: Quality and Safety Through Evidence-Based Practice
August 11, 2018
Week 5: EBP Practice
Introduction
Research question: What preventative evidenced-based practice nursing
interventions can decrease falls...
depression, dizziness, age older than 80 years, female sex, incontinence, cognitive impairment,
arthritis, diabetes, and pain (Al-Aama, T., 2011).
Analysis
Screening patients for a fall risk are the first step to prevention of falls. When screening
patients for fall risk, check for a history of a fall within the past year, orthostatic hypotension.
impaired gait or mobility, altered mental status, incontinence, and sedative-hypnotic
medications. Various interventions have been shown to decrease the risk and the rate of
falls.
Interventions that are proven to prevent falls include home assessment and modification for
highrisk individuals, exercise programs that include strength, gait, and balance exercises, such
as physiotherapy or Tai Chi. Vitamin D supplementation in doses greater than 700 IU/day for
longterm residents (Al-Aama, T. (2011).
It has been shown that age, functional status, fatigue, radiation, surgery, chemotherapy,
endocrine therapy, anemia, nutritional status, and depression were factors associated with
falls. It was found that gender, cognitive status, and medication use were not found to be
predictive of falls (Melin, C. M., 2018).
Other interventions that are likely to be beneficial for prevention of falls include
reviewing the patient's medications; check to see if they are on any psychoactive medications
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