An alert 82-year-old widow, who has a history of unsafe behaviors, has recently been discharged from the hospital to her home. Caregivers attempted to secure her consent to be transferred to a long-term care facility, but she flatly refused. Responsible for her home care, you list Risk for Injury as a priority nursing diagnosis. First, list the nursing measures that you believe are most likely to achieve the outcome of preventing injury. Then talk with several other students to compare your lists of interventions and the evidence that supports each; then discuss how practicing nurses can be sure they select the best nursing interventions for each expected patient outcome.
