Pertinent to this the work environment is rendered

stay in the hospital. Pertinent to this, the work environment is rendered unsafe for patients having
in mind that there is a high potential for patients to fall (Tzeng, Titler, Ronis, & Yin, 2012).
Implications to Nursing
Hospital falls impact a strain to nurses, significantly affecting the nursing profession.
Keeping in mind that nurses are mandated to take care of patients, such accidents are a
demeaning factor to the nursing profession. With that, nurses are seen to deliver poor services
demonstrating incompetency in their work (Araújo et al., 2017).
Conclusion
Though there are no distinct recommendations to curtail falls, there are preventive
measures that can be upheld and reduce these occurrences. One of the ways is to conduct
comprehensive staff training on how to reduce chances of hospital falls. Secondly, layout of
bathrooms and the entire hospital environment ought to be designed in such a way that there is
decreased probability of a fall occurring. These measures can be effective in reducing falls
(Babine et al., 2016).
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