Older adult who falls: a case study. 2011

Patricia A McLean
CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York, USA. p.mclean.rn@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this case study is to illustrate the nursing process by incorporating the standardized nursing languages of NANDA International, the Nursing Interventions Classification, and the Nursing Outcomes Classification to assist an older adult with a history of falls. METHODS The data sources were the author's clinical nursing practice and research-based evidence related to falls of older adults. RESULTS The data were synthesized by using clinical reasoning to select the best possible nursing diagnoses, interventions, and patient outcomes. CONCLUSIONS To provide a framework for nurses to achieve positive patient outcomes, standardized nursing languages should be incorporated into patients' clinical nursing databases. CONCLUSIONS In determining factors that relate to falls, nurses need to obtain baseline data, set goals with patients, and identify milestones, while encouraging patients to be active participants in plans of care.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009729 Nursing The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health. Nursings
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000058 Accidental Falls Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury. Falls, Accidental,Falling,Falls,Slip and Fall,Accidental Fall,Fall and Slip,Fall, Accidental
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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