News
We are delighted to report that the
International Collaboration of Orthopaedic Nursing Hip
Fracture Paper is now complete. A hip fracture is a
traumatic, life changing event for older adults and their
families, with serious implications for health care
sustainability. ICON initiated this work to help address the
impact of the growing number of people with hip fractures
entering the health care system world wide.
Leading orthopaedic nursing experts from
seven countries and three continents wrote the paper and it
has been extensively reviewed by renowned subject experts.
It provides point of care nurses and clinical leaders with
evidence based international literature to address nurse
sensitive quality indicators that arise during
hospitalization: Pain, Delirium, Pressure Ulcers, Fluid
Balance/Nutrition, and Constipation/Catheter Associated
Urinary Tract Infection.
These articles are also being published
in two upcoming issues of the International Journal of
Orthopaedic Nursing.
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Current projects
A working group are at the moment working with international Orthopaedic nursing competencies 2012-11-23.
Ann Maher and Anita Meehan presented the Hip fracture papers at NICHE conference April 2013.
