KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING FALL PREVENTION AMONG NURSES

Background: Falls and its consequences are major public health problem, making it the second leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide. Fall is reported as the most frequent patient safety event occurring in hospitals. Fall occur at a rate of 3–5 per 1,000 occupied bed-days, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that each year 700,000 to 1 million hospitalized patients fall. Objectives: 1.To assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding Fall prevention among nurses . 2.To associate the selected demographic variables with level of knowledge and attitude regarding Fall prevention among nurses. Method: A descriptive cross sectional research design was adopted. Total 50 staff nurses who fullled the sampling criteria were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique in a selected hospital. The data collection period was from September 2021 to February 2022 in a selected Hospital. Results: Among 50 samples 49 [83 %] of the staff were female and 30 [ 60 % ] of them had B.Sc [N] qualication. 23 [46 %] are 2 to 5 years experience. 31 [62% ] staff are married. 7 [14%] of them had adequate knowledge, 11 [22%] had moderately adequate knowledge, 32 [64 %] are inadequate knowledge. 6 [12%] of them had favourable attitude , 40 [80%] had moderately favourable attitude , 4 [8 %] are unfavourable attitude. There was no signicant association between the level of knowledge and attitude with selected demographic variables such as the gender, educational qualications, years of experience. Conclusion: The ndings of the study revealed that the staff nurses had lack of knowledge and attitude regarding fall prevention.