Alternative nursing environments: do they affect hospital outcomes?
1. A dayroom program focused intensively on functional needs and was implemented for confused geriatric inpatients who otherwise might have been restrained or required sitters. 2. There were fewer complications from hospitalization documented for dayroom patients. 3. There was an increase in family satisfaction regarding the nursing care provided for patients in the alternative environment.
Clark
L R
LR
Fraaza
V
V
Schroeder
S
S
Maddens
M E
ME
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003221:Confusion / Q000451:nursing*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care