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Their own two feet: engaging patients in fall prevention
A trial of individualised education that engages older patients in falls prevention has shown falls and resulting injuries reduced by 40 per cent. The study involved more than 3500 people across eight Western Australian aged-care rehabilitation units. It encouraged patients ...
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Program gets ICU patients exercising earlier
A program that orders exercise for ICU patients in the same way medication is ordered to help them become mobile sooner has been implemented at an Australian hospital. Kellie Sosnowski, nurse unit manager of the intensive care unit at Logan ...
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Continence nurse specialty taking hold
The prevalence of urinary, fecal and mixed incontinence is estimated to increase to more than 6.4 million Australians by 2030. This will increase demand for the continence nursing specialty, a leader in the field has said. The president of the Continence Nurses Society ...
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