From risk for trauma to unintentional injury risk: falls--a concept analysis. Nursing Diagnosis Extension and Classification Research Team.
OBJECTIVE
Concept analysis of the nursing diagnosis risk for trauma.


OBJECTIVE
To examine the nursing diagnosis risk for trauma and to specify the risk factors for falling.


METHODS
Research and informational articles on falling, and NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification, 1999-2000.


CONCLUSIONS
Replace the current nursing diagnosis risk for trauma with the more specific nursing diagnosis unintentional injury risk: falls. The other risks included in risk for trauma (e.g., burns) also will need to be developed.
Schoenfelder
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University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, USA.
Crowell
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D000058:Accidental Falls; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing*