Background: Falling is a big threat to community-dwelling older adults’ independence. The chance ... more Background: Falling is a big threat to community-dwelling older adults’ independence. The chance of falling increases as people become older, which increases morbidity and mortality. The outcomes related to falls impact families, communities, and healthcare systems. As a result, the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) seeks to decrease the number of falls for community-dwelling older adults in Qatar.Aims: To explore the risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older adults. To inform the education of PHCC nurses so that they might begin to look at prevention strategies.Method: Cronin et al.’s framework guided this integrative literature review. CINAHL, Academic Search Complete, Embase, and PubMed databases were utilized to search for relevant articles. The search process returned 20 articles that met the inclusion requirements.Results: Various intrinsic and extrinsic factors lead to falls in community-dwelling older adults. The intrinsic factors include socio-demographic fact...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill, forcing businesses to close or adjust op... more The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill, forcing businesses to close or adjust operations to online platforms. Nursing Educational Institutions (NEIs) were similarly affected by the implementation of public health measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, leading to abrupt lockdowns and campus closures, reduced or no face-to-face time in labs, and a sudden loss of clinical placement sites for students. To combat this problem, NEIs had to adjust their conventional practices and find alternative, novel approaches to fulfill the required hands-on lab teaching and clinical practice hours for their students. Many NEIs turned to simulation to close this gap for nursing students. Therefore, this integrative review seeks to explore what innovative simulation strategies were used during the pandemic era and the lessons that can be learned from these innovations. Key Terms: COVID-19, simulation, innovative strategies, undergraduate nursing
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