Keeping patient beds in a low position: An exploratory descriptive study to continuously monitor the height of patient beds in an adult acute surgical inpatient care setting

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Title:	Keeping patient beds in a low position: An exploratory descriptive study to continuously monitor the height of patient beds in an adult acute surgical inpatient care setting
Authors:	Tzeng, HM (Tzeng, Huey-Ming) Prakash, A (Prakash, Atul) Brehob, M (Brehob, Mark) Devecsery, DA (Devecsery, David Andrew) Anderson, A (Anderson, Allison) Yin, CY (Yin, Chang-Yi)
Contributors:	Dept Hist
Keywords:	hospital patient safety beds patient room accidental falls FALLS SAFETY
Date:	2012-06
Issue Date:	2013-02-20 15:00:23 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This descriptive study was intended to measure the percentage of the time that patient beds were kept in high position in an adult acute inpatient surgical unit with medical overflow in a community hospital in Michigan, United States. The percentage of the time was calculated for morning, evening, and night shifts. The results showed that overall, occupied beds were in a high position 5.6% of the time: 5.40% in the day shift, 6.88% in the evening shift, and 4.38% in the night shift. It is recognized that this study was unable to differentiate whether those times patient beds being kept in a high position were appropriate for an elevated bed height (e.g., staff were working with the patient). Further research is warranted. Falls committees may conduct high-bed prevalence surveys in a regular basis as a proxy to monitor staff members' behaviors in keeping beds in a high position.
Relation:	CONTEMPORARY NURSE 卷: 41 期: 2 頁數: 184-189
Appears in Collections:	[Department of History-Graduate School] journal articles

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