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Research Summary and Ethical Considerations
“Nursing Staff’s Awareness of Keeping Beds in the Lowest Position to Prevent Falls
and Fall Injuries In an Adult Acute Surgical Inpatient Care Setting” Huey-Ming
Tzeng, Chang-Yi Yin, Allison Anderson, and AtuI Prakash
Background: In medical care centers and in hospitals a major concern is falling of
inpatients from their bed. This problem becomes more serious while dealing with old age
patients in care for acute surgical or post op care. Presented study has addressed these
issues and suggested that most of these fall related injuries [Anderson, Boshier and
Hanna (2012)] could be prevented by examining the factors which could be controlled
and applying measures to control them. Also those factors which could not be controlled
measures to prevent them according to need of individual and specific medical setting
should be applied.
This study is very important and significant to nursing practice as according to Quigley
and associates (2007) has pointed out that severity of injuries due to fall could be
minimized with the help of a interdisciplinary team of which nurses are most important
part. The concept in this study could help nurses could evaluate the result of precautions
taken by them in preventing the fall of patients.
Purpose of this study is to understand the awareness of nursing staff’s in keeping beds of
patients at lowest possible and feasible level to restrict fall related injuries in old age
patients.
Research question of the study was: Are nursing staff aware of the importance of keeping
patient beds in the lowest position to prevent falls and fall injuries?
Assumption was that only staff can adjust the bed height. A staff centered process
indicator was considered.
Height of Patient beds- Tzeng (2010) stated in a study that in an acute care hospital
51.4% of adult inpatients falls and 56% of injuries falls occurred while the patient was
getting out of or going back to the bed. Nitz et al (2011) found a significant reduction in
the number of fall incidents, and this reduction was sustained in the 6-month follow-up.
Also recently discharged older adults claim hospitals should provide lower patient beds.
Capezuti et al(2008) found in a study that patients beds with height more than 120% of
lower leg length are more exposed to fall related cases.
Bed height sensor network: this system has been developed to remind nursing...