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July
2024
- Volume 18, Issue 2
The
Relationship between Nurses Knowledge, Self-Efficacy,
and Leadership Support in Preventing Patient Falls
Ahmed
I. Alomar1, Manal H. Alessa2, Ali Al Yasin2, Omar G. Baker3,
Margaret Aitchison2, Hammed J. Alenazi2, Tahani M. Alenazi2,
Hester M. Prinsloo2,
Hassan Qattan2, Shini Cherian2,
(1) Corresponding author, General Nursing
Administration, Security Forces Hospital Program Riyadh,
KSA
(2) General Nursing Administration, Security Forces Hospital
Program Riyadh, KSA
(3) Professor department of community and mental health Nursing,
College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Corresponding author:
Ahmed I. Alomar, RN, MSN
Email: A7_Ib@outlook.sa
Received: May 2024; Accepted: June 2024; Published: July 2024
Citation: Alomar et al. The Relationship between Nurses
Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Leadership Support in Preventing
Patient Falls. Middle East Journal of Nursing 2024; 18(2):
3-10. DOI: 10.5742/MEJN2024.9378051
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ABSTRACT
Incidents of patients falling are
a notable issue in public health and a frequent negative occurrence
in hospitals, often leading to injuries such as trauma, fractures,
or brain damage, which significantly affect patients
overall well-being. At the Security Forces Hospital, the frequency
of patient falls is consistent with global norms, but the
fact that injuries result from around 30% of cases is problematic.
This study applied a quantitative, cross-sectional approach
to evaluate nursing staffs understanding of patient
fall prevention. The primary objective was to assess the knowledge
of patient fall prevention of the nursing staff and whether
leadership support and nurses self-efficacy impacted
efforts to prevent falls. The result-oriented findings brought
to light crucial areas in which nurses had knowledge gaps
regarding fall prevention, with an overwhelming figure of
75.7% of the respondents recognizing non-contributory factors
for falls, such as antibiotics, but relatively few (31.3%)
who correctly mentioned multifaceted interventions as essential.
Such findings show inherent
opportunities for developing more effective accident prevention
practices to improve patient safety in the hospital. This
study reiterates that proactive educational programs and leadership
play crucial roles in considerably reducing patient falls.
Keywords: Patient falls, injury
prevention, nursing staff, leadership support, fall prevention
practices
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