Patient Safety: Hospital Inpatient Falls

If patient safety is the most important issue in health care facilities, the degree of falls in hospitalized patients is still the most reported among all accidental falls (Tzeng & Yin, 2009). Over the years, hospitals have continued to make changes to reduce the risk of accidents and improve patient safety. Through research and improvement, patient falls still account for the majority of events reported in hospitals (Tzeng, & Yin, 2008). According to a study by Tzeng & Yin (2008), "The fall prevention program is clearly impossible to effectively reduce the fall rate of inpatients due to human factors and ergonomics in the hospital environment (p . 179, paragraph 7).

Injuries from hospital falls and falls are the most frequently reported adverse events among inpatients. Because falls are a sensitive measure for nurses and nurses play an important role in this part of patient care, it is important to measure and improve fall prevention measurements at hospitals. Discuss the core characteristics of the model and explain the framework for applying the concept of reliable organizations to fall prevention programs, such as determining the impact on patients, departments, and organizational levels. In this article I will explain the components of patient safety culture and their components and their integration with fall prevention, nurse's role and high reliability.

Falling patients is one of the most common events affecting patient safety in medical institutions. There are various ways to prevent a patient from falling. To identify, evaluate and prevent patient falls is a major challenge for healthcare professionals to provide a safe environment in medical practice. The hospital gathers to influence the fall and to understand its occurrence and the factors that reduce the resulting injury and death. Therefore, the risk of a patient falling over is considered an indicator of safety for medical institutions. Falls and related injuries are related to the quality of medical care and are cited as medical quality indicators monitored by the American National Nurse Association, the National Health Quality Indicator Database, and the National Quality Forum. (NCBI)