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Uymaz, Pelin E.; Nahcivan, Nursen O. – Educational Gerontology, 2016
Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the elderly living in nursing homes. There is a need to implement and evaluate fall prevention programs in nursing homes to reduce the number of falls. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of a nurse-led fall prevention education program in a sample of nursing home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Homes, Injuries, Pretests Posttests
Davies, Susan – 1996
The principles of action research were used to identify the reasons for substandard patient care in two long-term care facilities in Quebec; then, a 20-hour inservice education course for nurse managers at the facilities was developed, presented, and evaluated. Fifteen nurse managers (1 director of nursing, 12 health care managers, and 2 nurse…
Descriptors: Action Research, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries