TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - US and Dutch nurse experiences with fall prevention technology within nursing home environment and workflow: a qualitative study
JO  - Geriatric nursing
A1  - Vandenberg, Ann E.
A1  - van Beijnum, Bert-Jan
A1  - Overdevest, Vera G. P.
A1  - Capezuti, Elizabeth
A1  - Johnson, Theodore M.
SP  - 276
EP  - 282
VL  - 38
IS  - 4
N2  - Falls remain a major geriatric problem, and the search for new solutions continues. We investigated how existing fall prevention technology was experienced within nursing home nurses' environment and workflow. Our NIH-funded study in an American nursing home was followed by a cultural learning exchange with a Dutch nursing home. We constructed two case reports from interview and observational data and compared the magnitude of falls, safety cultures, and technology characteristics and effectiveness. Falls were a high-magnitude problem at the US site, with a collectively vigilant safety culture attending to non-directional audible alarms; falls were a low-magnitude problem at the NL site which employed customizable, infrared sensors that directed text alerts to assigned staff members' mobile devices in patient-centered care culture. Across cases, 1) a coordinated communication system was essential in facilitating effective fall prevention alert response, and 2) nursing home safety culture is tightly associated with the chosen technological system.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0197-4572
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.11.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -