CARING NURSES IN THE PREVENTION OF FALL RISK PATIENTS IN THE INPATIENT ROOM

Abstract

The inpatient treatment room is a room that has the potential to have a risk of falling in patients with heart, lung and nerve diseases such as strokes who experience decreased consciousness, muscle weakness and impaired mobility which are at risk of falling from bed or when going to the bathroom. Nurses who are not Caring for patients can result in the risk of falling for patients. The inability of nurses to carry out fall risk assessments will be detrimental to patients during hospitalization. The purpose of this study was to explore the description of caring for nurses in preventing patients at risk of falling in the inpatient room of Permata Medika Ngaliyan Hospital, Semarang City. The research method uses a qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach. Research informants are implementing nurses. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling. Collecting data by in-depth interviews with informants using a voice recorder. The results of the study identified several themes related to the research objectives, namely the caring behavior of nurses when providing nursing care to patients, the impact of caring for patients on patients, the implementation of patient fall risk assessments in hospitals, and the efforts of nurses to prevent the risk of falling in patients. Conclusion: Nurses' caring behavior is a dynamic approach, where nurses work to increase their concern for patients, especially patients at risk of falling as an effort to prevent unexpected events in maintaining the quality of nursing care services.