Effectiveness of Bed Alarms on Falls

Authors

Maegan Karlin, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Jennifer Schoenecker, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Award Level

1st Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate

Classification

Non-empirical Undergraduate

Abstract

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of bed alarm implementation on lowering fall rates Design: Quantitative experimental Setting: Long-term care facilities in Hays, Kansas Participants: 30 patients selected from the chosen long-term care facilities Methods: The efficiency of bed alarms will be evaluated with a independent t-test Results/Conclusions: Pending data collection

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Kathleen Ward

Department/Program

Nursing

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/QSVC4160

Date

4-17-2018

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Karlin, Maegan and Schoenecker, Jennifer (2018) "Effectiveness of Bed Alarms on Falls," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2018, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58809/QSVC4160
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2018/iss2018/6