Effects of Fall Prevention Guidelines female surgery ward Uttaradit Hospital

Abstract

     This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effect of using a fall prevention guideline and the satisfaction of the users of a fall prevention guideline. female surgery ward Uttaradit Hospital Population is a registered nurse in the female surgery ward. The samples consisted of 22 patients at Uttaradit Hospital. The sample group consisted of 60 patients at risk of all types of cancer, namely the control group and the experimental group, 30 each group. The research tools were: (1) Fall prevention guidelines female surgery ward Uttaradit Hospital (2) a Falls Risk Assessment tool (2) an event-by-falls recording form (3) a fall incidence recording form (4) a professional nurse's satisfaction rating form on fall prevention guidelines fall down Data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square and content analysis.

     The research results showed that before the trial, the risk of falls of cancer patients admitted in the women's surgery ward was low, 43.33%, after the experimental group, the risk of falling was low, 73.3% after using the prevention method. Falling down in the female surgery ward Uttaradit Hospital found that the risk of falls of cancer patients treated in the female surgical ward was significantly reduced (p < .05).