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Orthogeriatric and Fragility Fracture Nursing: An Introduction
Caring for people following a fragility fracture is often a complex, medium- to long-term undertaking with several phases from acute care through to rehabilitation and secondary fracture prevention. Fragility ...
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Secondary Fracture Prevention
Fragility fractures signal that osteoporosis or osteopenia may be present. These are fractures often sustained through minimal trauma and commonly happen because of a fall from standing height or less. Low bon...
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Implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures into Clinical Practice Across NSW: Mixed Methods Evaluation of the First Year
Use of patient-reported measures (PRMs) in healthcare is increasing internationally. In New South Wales (NSW) Australia the implementation of a system-wide PRMs program is underway. This program is an enabler ...
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Falls and Secondary Fracture Prevention
The most common cause of fractures in the elderly is falling, usually from standing height, and falling is the leading cause of hospitalisation due to accidental injury, with significant risk of death in the f...
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Open AccessModels of care for musculoskeletal health: a cross-sectional qualitative study of Australian stakeholders’ perspectives on relevance and standardised evaluation
The prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal conditions are predicted to rapidly escalate in the coming decades. Effective strategies are required to minimise ‘evidence-practice’, ‘burden-policy’ and ‘burden-s...
