Why is blood pressure important in a falls risk assessment?
Rachel Charvill Advanced nurse practitioner, Community health services, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Lynn MacDiarmid Advanced nurse practitioner, Community health services, RAPID-1 DFU Trial, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
A drop in blood pressure on standing increases the risk of falls in older people with comorbidities
Nurses have a professional duty to uphold the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code and ensure that they ‘always practise in line with the best available evidence’ (NMC 2018).
Nursing Older People.
34, 6, 21-21.
doi: 10.7748/nop.34.6.21.s10
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