title: An engineering work analysis applied to patient falls in the nursing domain.
abstract: Patient falls in hospitals result in negative outcomes such as prolonged lengths of stay, various injuries, and even death. Nurses are responsible for identifying patients at risk for falls and implementing preventative measures. The focus of this research is to apply a systems engineering approach, Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) to the nursing domain. Our interdisciplinary effort has begun to identify areas of risk and preventative measures.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cary
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gerling
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology; D057188:Workflow; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*