title: Nursing Home Registered Nurses' and Licensed Practical Nurses' Knowledge of Causes of Falls.
abstract: Reducing falls in nursing homes requires a knowledgeable nursing workforce. To test knowledge, 8 validated vignettes representing multifactorial fall causes were administered to 47 nurses from 3 nursing homes. Although licensed practical nurses scored higher than registered nurses in individual categories of falls, when we computed the average score of all 8 categories between groups of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, registered nurses scored higher (F = 4.106; P < .05) in identifying 8 causal reasons for older adults to fall.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark (Drs Gray-Miceli and de Cordova); Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Dr Gray-Miceli); VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley HSR&D/RR&D Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research VISN, Tampa, Florida (Dr Quigley); and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr Ratcliffe). Mr Crane is a statistical consultant in Princeton, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Deanna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gray-Miceli
authors.forename: Pamela B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: de Cordova
authors.forename: Giles L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D065102:Licensed Practical Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D014481:United States