REPORTING OF INPATIENT FALLS BEFORE AND AFTER IN-SERVICE TRAINING

Abstract

Before-after study aimed to identify the records and the profile of inpatient falls, promote and assess an Educational Technology conducted from April 2015 to February 2016, in the surgery center of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Prior to in-service training one fall was properly recorded (33.3 falls per 1,000 patients-day) in September 2015. After a six-month period, it was found that six falls of inpatients were properly reported (162.2 falls per 1,000 patients-day). Of these patients, four were male individuals, with a mean age of 57.2 years, four were oriented, four fell down from a standing position, one patient fell from the bed andone fell from a chair. Also, two falls caused harm. Lack of reporting and probable underreporting was observed. There is no routine of prevention and no permanent training of the staff, and it is absolutely necessary to implement a scale of assessment of risk of falls in the institution

Keywords

• Nursing
• Educational technology
• Health education
• Patient safety