Effect of structured nurse-patient conversation on preventing falls among patients in an acute care hospital: A mixed study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inpatient falls are a major patient safety issue in acute care hospitals. Multifactorial in-hospital fall prevention programs have shown reductions in falls and related risks. One common element of successful programs is active patient involvement. This study objective was to explore patients' and nurses' experiences with a structured intervention to foster patient involvement.

Methods

This study was conducted between September 2020 and April 2021 in a university hospital neurological ward. The studied intervention consisted of a falls information leaflet, and a structured nurse-patient conversation about fall risk-reduction activities. Nurses were trained to deliver the intervention and supported throughout the study. Nurses' and patients' experiences regarding p

SUBMITTER: Weber K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650666 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature