This document discusses Caitlin English's library database assignment on fall prevention. It summarizes her searches on fall prevention in the CINAHL database and evaluation of relevant articles. She found over 260 results when searching "fall prevention AND nursing" and analyzed two articles in depth, citing them in APA format. She explained how CINAHL is useful for finding nursing evidence and how limiting searches improves relevancy. Caitlin also evaluated websites from the CDC and Medscape on fall prevention criteria and chose the CDC site for her brochure due to its open access to information.

1. Caitlin English
February 22,2015
Library Database Assignment
Task 2 and 3:
Task 4:
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 Publications
 CINAHL Headings
 Cited References
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Result List: Fall Prevention AND nursing
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 1. CONNECT for Better Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes: Results
from a Pilot Intervention Study.
Full Text Available
Academic Journal
(includes abstract)Colon-Emeric, Cathleen S.; McConnell, Eleanor; Pinheiro, Sandro O.;
Corazzini, Kirsten; Porter, Kristie; Earp, Kelly M.; Landerman, Lawrence; Beales, Julie;
Lipscomb, Jeffrey; Hancock, Kathryn; et al.; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2013
Dec; 61 (12): 2150-9. (journal article - randomized controlled trial, research, tables/charts)ISSN:
0002-8614 PMID: 24279686
Subjects: Program Evaluation; Nursing Home Personnel Education; Communication Education;
Problem Solving Education; Program Implementation; Accidental Falls Prevention and Control;
Quality Improvement Methods; Middle Aged: 45-64 years; Aged: 65+ years; Aged, 80 and over;
Adolescent:13-18 years; Adult: 19-44 years; Male; Female
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 2. Falls and Fall Prevention in Older Adults.
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3. Hill, Elizabeth; Fauerbach, Lynn A.; Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 2014 Summer; 25 (2):
24-9. (journal article - review) ISSN: 1080-3297
Subjects: Accidental Falls Risk Factors; Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Risk
Management In Old Age; Risk Assessment In Old Age; Patient Safety In Old Age; Gerontologic
Care; Long Term Care; Aged: 65+ years; Aged, 80 and over
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 3. Perceived top 10 highly effective interventions to prevent adult
inpatient fall injuries by specialty area: A multihospital nurse
survey.
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(includes abstract)Huey-Ming Tzeng; Chang-Yi Yin; Applied Nursing Research, 2015 Feb; 28
(1): 10-7. (journal article - research, tables/charts)ISSN: 0897-1897 PMID: 24933119
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Nurse Attitudes Evaluation; Nursing
Interventions
 4. EB94 Bedside Nurses Leading the Way Using Evidence-Based
Practice to Attain Better Clinical Outcomes for Fall Prevention.
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Cangany, Marty; Critical Care Nurse, 2014 Apr; 34 (2): e24-5. (journal article - abstract)ISSN:
0279-5442
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Progressive Patient Care; Critical Care
Nursing
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 5. Fall prevention among children in the presence of caregivers in a
paediatric ward: a best practice implementation.
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4. Lee, Yee Ling Geraldine; Yip, Wai Kin; Goh, Beng Wah; Chiam, En Ping Jeannie; Ng, Hui Ping
Chermaine; International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare (Wiley-Blackwell), 2013 Mar; 11
(1): 33-8. (journal article - research, tables/charts)ISSN: 1744-1595 PMID: 23448328
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Pediatric Nursing; Child, Hospitalized;
Program Implementation; Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
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 6. Do patients accurately perceive their fall risk?
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(includes abstract)Sonnad, Seema S.; Mascioli, Susan; Cunningham, Janet; Goldsack, Jennifer;
Nursing, 2014 Nov; 44 (11): 58-62. (journal article - research, tables/charts)ISSN: 0360-4039
PMID: 25321438
Subjects: Accidental Falls Risk Factors; Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Self
Assessment Evaluation; Risk Assessment; Patient Attitudes; Quality Improvement; Medical-
Surgical Nursing; Nursing Units; Risk Management; Male; Female
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 7. Fall Prevention in High-Risk Patients.
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Shuey, Kathleen M.; Balch, Christine; Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2014 Dec;
26 (4): 569-80. (journal article - case study,forms, review, statistics,tables/charts)ISSN: 0899-
5885 PMID: 25438898
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Accidental Falls Risk Factors; Middle Aged:
45-64 years; Male
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 8. Fall Prevention Using Olfactory Stimulation with Lavender Odor
in Elderly Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized Controlled
Trial... [corrected][published erratum appears in J AM GERIATR
SOC 2012 Nov; 60(11): 2193].
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5. (includes abstract)Sakamoto, Yuko; Ebihara, Satoru; Ebihara, Takae; Tomita, Naoki; Toba, Kenji;
Freeman, Shannon; Arai, Hiroyuki; Kohzuki, Masahiro; Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society, 2012 Jun; 60 (6): 1005-11. (journal article - randomized controlled trial, research,
tables/charts)ISSN: 0002-8614 PMID: 22646853
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Lavender; Nursing Homes; Smell; Aged: 65+
years; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Male
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 9. Clinical Consult. Nursing Risk Assessment: Fall Prevention
Strategies in the Outpatient Hemodialysis Setting.
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Deaver, Kim; Cote, Debbie; Nephrology Nursing Journal, 2013 May-Jun; 40 (3): 259-61. (journal
article - forms, questions and answers)ISSN: 1526-744X
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Dialysis Patients; Outpatients; Hemodialysis;
Nephrology Nursing; Aged: 65+ years
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 10. Fall Prevention in Adults Undergoing Incenter Hemodialysis.
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(includes abstract)Hain, Debra; Nephrology Nursing Journal, 2012 May-Jun; 39 (3): 251-5.
(journal article - tables/charts)ISSN: 1526-744X PMID: 22866365
Subjects: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control; Dialysis Patients; Hemodialysis; Nursing
Practice, Evidence-Based; Dialysis Nursing; Nephrology Nursing; Aged:65+ years; Adult: 19-44
years
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6. Task 5:
Two APA citations:
Huey-Ming, T., & Chang-Yi, Y. (2015). Perceived top 10 highly effective interventions
to prevent adult inpatient fall injuries by specialty area: A multihospital
nurse survey. Applied Nursing Research, 28(1), 10-17.
doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2014.04.005
Colon-Emeric, C. S., McConnell, E., Pinheiro, S. O., Corazzini, K., Porter, K., Earp, K. M.,
& Anderson, R. A. (2013). CONNECT for Better Fall Prevention in Nursing
Homes: Results from a Pilot Intervention Study. Journal Of The American
Geriatrics Society, 61(12), 2150-2159. doi:10.1111/jgs.12550
I opened up two articles that were related to my topic fall prevention. The
two articles were “Perceived Top 10 Highly Effective Interventions to Prevent Adult
Inpatient Fall Injuries by Specialty Area: A multi hospital nurse survey” and
“CONNECT for Better Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes: Results from a Pilot
Intervention Study.” The second article was available in full-text, which means I can
click on the full-text link through CINAHL and it will bring me to the full PDF article.
The first article did not have a full-text link, so when this happens the researcher has
to click on the DOI number. Every article has a specific DOI number that is
associated with it. When you click on the DOI number, the location and the full
article will be located.

7. Task 6
CINAHL is a research database where nurses can go to find peer reviewed
articles from journals about specific topics, nursing issues, etc. I decided to use fall
prevention as my topic, because in my hospital it is one of the most important safety
issues being addressed in the year 2015. When originally searching the main term
fall prevention in CINAHL, over 900 results came back. Results showed
interventions to help decrease falls for various patient demographics such as older
adults, pregnant women, cancer patients, pediatric patients, etc. When I limited my
search by using the words fall prevention and nursing, only 261 results returned.
By using the “and” modifier, it allowed me to search for articles specific to nursing.
When researching a topic for a paper, brochure, and/or assignment, these modifiers
can help the researcher get the most specific and recent results. On the left side of
the CINAHL database there are many more modifiers such as publication date, full-
text, research article, age, etc. For example, if I only wanted articles from the last 5
years, I would modify the publication date from 2010 to 2015.
In preparation for my brochure project, gathering the most recent evidence-
based interventions that help reduce falls in various healthcare settings is essential.
Researching articles from health journals through CINAHL will return plenty of
information regarding successful and unsuccessful interventions. The information
found in these articles will be imperative to creating an accurate and information
filled brochure. In addition to the utilizing CINAHL, search engines such as Google
and Bing, will give definitions and statistics regarding fall prevention plans in

8. hospitals and community-based facilities. Utilizing all media outlets will be key in
creating my brochure.
Task 7

9. Task 8

10. Task 9
The two websites I chose to research fall prevention were from the CDC and
Medscape webpages. Both websites were organizational based and were evaluated
for accurate fall prevention research, using the Five Criteria. The criteria for
evaluation are: Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage. Each
different domain looks at specific data to make sure the websites are reliable and
good resources to be used for educational purposes such as ourbrochure project.
The first website I chose concentrated on the elderly population, which is a high-risk
group of patients for falls, because of musculoskeletal problems and chronic
illnesses. The CDC website gave background information about falls, the causes of
falls, statistics regarding falls, interventions to prevent falls, and looked at restraints
as possible solutions to reducing falls. When looking at the accuracy of this website I

11. found that the documentation was informative and specific, and it had a long list of
references that came form journals, websites, and other organizations. This website
also gave relevant facts and statistics about patient demographics who are at a
higher risk for falls. I could not find a specific author, but it gave information
regarding the CDC organization, website, and phone numbers. The article had
plenty of material that were specific to my topic and the data was last updated in
2014, which means that the website is relevant and recent. There was no special
browser needed to look at the information and no access fee required.
The second research website I chose was from Medscape. This website was
different from the CDC webpage, because it only allowed me to look at the first page
of information. It had 5 more pages to go, with a list of references on the last page,
but I would of had to have been a member to read further or pay to access the
information. Not being to access more of the fall prevention material was
unfortunate, because the information I was able to read showed tables, facts, and
possible interventions to prevent falls. The first page of the website talked about
multidisciplinary approaches to falls, safety tips, continuous quality improvement
approaches, and policies and procedures pertaining to the subject of falls. It also
gave an example case study that implemented safety interventions to prove their
effectiveness. I chose this website specifically, because the information on it is from
a credible organization, even though it is not open to the public like the CDC website.
There were no authors listed, references, or updates on the first page of the website.
Most likely this information would be found on the last page.

12. In conclusion, both websites had quality material and facts regarding patient
fall prevention. Using the five criteria domains helped me evaluate each website to
see if they were reliable sources. After reviewing both websites, I will use the CDC
webpage as one of my resources for my brochure project. The Medscape webpage
was not an ideal option, because important criteria such as the reference list and
Arthurs were not accessible to the public. In the future, when investigating more
about fall prevention, I will use a combination of articles from CINAHL and search
engines to gather material to create an informative brochure.