The role of senior duty nurses in falls prevention of older patients in hierarchical management

VernacularTitle:层级管理中设立高级责任护士预防老年患者跌倒的效果
Author: Hui-Ping ZHANG ¹ ; Cai-Hua OU
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1. 广东省人民医院(广东省医学科学院)呼吸内科三区
Keywords: Falls; Elderly; Higher-level duty nurses
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2013;19(9):1074-1075
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of higher-level duty nurses in hierarchical management on falls prevention of elderly wards,and study patients' satisfaction with nursing care.Methods Developed of higher-level duty nurses selection criteria and appraisal methods,preferred collection for internal medicine clinical nursing in elderly department,and analyzed the difference of nursing quality.Results Compared with before,the incidence of falls in older patients had decreased significantly (0.40％ vs 3.60％)(x2 =6.5,P ＜0.01),and patients' satisfaction with nursing care was improved (98.0％ vs 88.0％) (x2 =38.4,P ＜ 0.01),after the establishment of senior nurses.Conclusions The establishment of senior nurses can pay more attention to the risk of falls in hospitalized patients,which can effectively avoid the occurrence of accidents,and ensure patients' safety.