Contemporary Nursing

Objective to explore the effect of grading management of fall prevention in elderly patients in internal medicine department. Methods A total of 1107 hospitalized elderly patients over 65 years old in the Department of Cardiology and neurology of our hospital from January to December 2020 were selected as the research object. 587 patients in the observation group were at high risk of falling / falling off the bed, in order to implement graded management measures to prevent falls; 520 high-risk patients in the control group were treated with routine fall prevention management. The incidence of falls, patients compliance with fall prevention health education and comprehensive satisfaction with nursing were observed. Results After different management interventions,the incidence of falls in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p < 0.005) . The compliance of the Observation Group to Health Education for prevention of falls and the comprehensive satisfaction of nursing care were higher than that in the control group (p < 0.05) . Conclusion the Prevention of falls in medical wards can reduce the incidence of falls, improve the compliance of health education and improve the overall satisfaction of nursing, which is worthy of clinical application.

Fall prevention graded management; Internal medicine; Elderly patients