Emergency fall Response of Nurses Visiting the Homebound Elderly in the Community: An Experience-Based Study

초록

The purpose of this study is to conduct a qualitative case study of visiting nurses caring for the elderly at home. In this study, various experiences are identified among case managers in emergency situations with regards to falls. It was conducted to explore experience as a case manager in emergency situations. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with five visiting nurses living in both the Seoul and Gyeonggi regions. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively to identify experiences, strategies, and issues between research cases. In addition, by categorizing them according to emergency management with regards to falls, this study derives six final categories. Furthermore, in verifying the validity of the study, participant review and peer review of the study results and interpretation were conducted. As a result of this study, a total of six categories were derived: requests for visiting nurses of the home-based elderly to understand the characteristics of these home-based seniors, requests for assessment of high-risk groups in emergency management for visiting nurses of the home-based elderly, request to identify abnormal symptoms in emergency situations for visiting nurses of the home-based elderly, responsibility for emergency management of for visiting nurses of the home-based elderly, interaction requests for information sharing in emergency situations for visiting nurses of the home-based elderly, request to build confidence through repeated training of visiting nurses for the at-home elderly. Based on the results of this study, it was found that there is a need to lay the foundation for the development of a fall prevention program for visiting nurses who take care of the elderly at home, and to find ways to reduce falls during emergency treatment.

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