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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2010 Oct;33(5):413–425. doi: 10.1002/nur.20399

Table 4.

Predicted Patient Fall Rate per 1,000 Patient Days on Different Types of Nursing Units by Hospital Magnet Status

Unit Type

ICU Stepdown Medical Surgical Med-Surg Rehab
Magnet 1.12 3.29 4.35 2.67 3.75 6.84
Non-magnet 1.30 3.44 4.54 2.79 3.92 7.15

ICU, intensive care unit; Med-surg, medical-surgical; Rehab, rehabilitation.