Using a Post Fall Assessment Simulation to Examine Nurse Thought Processes

Latricia Allen¹, Tatjana Bulat, Constance R Uphold+2

• ¹Latricia Allen, DPM, MPH, FACFOAM, is VA Advanced Geriatric Fellow, Board-Certified Podiatrist, VA Healthcare System Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Tatjana Bulat, MD, is Director, VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, and Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics, Extended and Palliative Care, James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida. Constance R. Uphold, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, is Health Scientist, Associate Director for Implementation and Outcomes Research, VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, and Associate Professor, Department of Aging, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville. Theodore Johnson II MD, MPH, is Associate Director, Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Atlanta VA Healthcare System; Professor and Chair of the Emory University Department of Family and Preventive Medicine; and Chief, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Sandra L Winkler, PhD, OTR/L, is Supervisory Research Health Science Specialist, the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, Florida, and Adjunct Professor of Occupational Therapy, Nova Southeastern University, Lauderdale, Florida.