Date of Award

5-2008

Document Type

Thesis

Department

Biological Science

First Advisor

Teresa Frazier

Second Advisor

Ameika Brown

Third Advisor

Kim Anderson

Abstract

Falls are a continually rising issue in today's healthcare. In acute care settings, patient falls make up 38% of all adverse events in which include physical injury, undesirable emotional and financial outcomes for the client (Angn, Mordiffi, Wong, Devi, & Evans, 2007). Falls in the hospitals lead to fear, pain, decreased healing, longer in-patient stays, further health-related complications. Falls may also cause patient discomfort and affect quality of life. Prevention of falls is an important goal of hospitals world-wide. Research has been conducted to determine the clinical effectiveness and implementation of a fall prevention. Although falls in hospitals cannot always be prevented, using the most accurate measures to decrease the incidence of falls is necessary.

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