Falls can be prevented in hospitals once nurses understand appropriate ways of overcoming when before occurring. Unfortunately, falls are common where nurses lack essential prevention and caring skills in healthcare facilities (Alert, 2018; Chu, 2017). The paper examines outcomes from the proposed intervention objectives of offering education to nurses that equips them with knowing when and how to handle falls.
The nurses identify and assess various fall risk factors within their working environment and use the recommendation and guidelines to handle the falls as they execute their duties. The education on identification and risk assessment acquired by the nurses helping in gauge their ability to manage falls. Reduction of falls being a clear indication the nurses have internalized the guidelines for preventing falls.
The nurses apply the acquired skills and knowledge after undergoing a learning and evaluation program in their workplace settings to check on fall incidents. The acquired education is reflecting when they are effectively applying fall-reduction skills to patients. Low rates of falls among patients would indicate nurses’ mastery of fall prevention techniques.
The nurses using the knowledge on dangers of risk-rated factors, thus checking on fall incidence. Reduction in the occurrence of multiple fall incident hospitals would be a clear indication of nurse mastery of indented learning (Heng et al., 2020). For example, patients developing confidence in safety once they learn that they are under the care of qualified nurses.
The caretakers would be able to apply improved evidence-based practice in facilitating and adapting that have high capability in fall prevention—for instance, employing standard operation to prevent fall in their work environment.
The outcomes show the effectiveness of education and intervention would impact healthcare safety by addressing fall incidents and significantly reducing them.
References
Alert, S. E. (2018). Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities.The Joint Commission, 55, 1-55. Web.
Chu, R. Z. (2017). Preventing in-patient falls: The nurse’s pivotal role.Nursing2020, 47(3), 24-30. Web.
Heng, H., Jazayeri, D., Shaw, L., Kiegaldie, D., Hill, A. M., & Morris, M. E. (2020). Hospital falls prevention with patient education: A scoping review.BMC Geriatrics, 20, 1-12. Web.