title: Nurses' response time to call lights and fall occurrences.
abstract: Nurses respond to fallers' call lights more quickly than they do to lights initiated by non-fallers. The nurses' responsiveness to call lights could be a compensatory mechanism in responding to the fall prevalence on the unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions Studies, The University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Huey-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Tzeng
authors.forename: Chang-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management; D013997:Time Factors; D013996:Time and Motion Studies