Nursing practice with hospitalised older people: safety and harm.

Sherry Ann Dahlke; Kathleen F. Hunter; Kelly Negrin

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Nursing practice with hospitalised older people: safety and harm.

June 5, 2019

Dahlke SA, Hunter KF, Negrin K. Int J Older People Nurs. 2019;14(1):e12220.

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Care for older hospitalized patients can be complex due to multimorbidities and polypharmacy. This review found that restraint use and limiting mobility to prevent falls can result in functional losses in geriatric patients. The authors suggest multidisciplinary approaches to shifting the goals of nursing care to focus on preserving and restoring function in older patients.

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