According to the research conducted by professionals, there have been higher numbers of falls in the health care facilities as nurses lack appropriate education on ways to avoid falls. Education of the nurse’s intervention has been identified as the best way to avoid such situations from happening in the health care facilities (King, 2018). As a result of the falls, mortality and injuries have increased as well as healthcare costs. These factors affect negatively health care outcomes after evaluation. Seminars and education to nurses will reduce the cases which have been reported.
To help nurses avoid the risk of falls in health care facilities, they need special education to help them take care while in their duties to avoid this danger from happening (Vlaeyen, 2017). The challenge has been increasing simply because nurses lack enough education on better ways to avoid it. They will be aware and avoid any form of risk from happening, and it will be a great step (Lee, 2017). Nurses should be supported to apply the learned knowledge and skills for effective results to be obtained to reduce falls by patients. Through observation of the expected standards, everything in health care facilities will work out well.
Nurses should be made aware of the dangers of falls in their facilities to be more serious about it and avoid the accident from occurring (Kruschke, 2017). If nurses under the possible effects of the fall will make sure that every step they take, they are keen not to cause trouble in their line of duty everything will work well. Improvement of the evidence-based practice can help alleviate the challenges at greater depth. Nurses when become familiar with some of the ideas and skills they have been taught, will avoid falls in health care facilities.
References
King, B., Pecanac, K., Krupp, A., Liebzeit, D., & Mahoney, J. (2018). Impact of fall prevention on nurses and care of fall risk patients. The Gerontologist, 58(2), 331-340.
Kruschke, C., & Butcher, H. K. (2017). Evidence-based practice guideline: fall prevention for older adults. Journal of gerontological nursing, 43(11), 15-21
Lee, S. H., & Kim, H. S. (2017). Exercise interventions for preventing falls among older people in care facilities: A meta‐analysis. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 14(1), 74-80.
Vlaeyen, E., Stas, J., Leysens, G., Van der Elst, E., Janssens, E., Dejaeger, E.,… & Milisen, K. (2017). Implementation of fall prevention in residential care facilities: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators. International journal of nursing studies, 70, 110-121.