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Date Published: 30/03/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v524i2.4880
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Vol. 524 No. 2 (2023)
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Ngô , A. V. ., Trương , Q. T. ., Hoàng, B. H. ., Trần , X. N. ., Nguyễn, T. T. ., Dương , T. Đỉnh ., Trần , T. T. T. ., & Nguyễn, T. T. T. . (2023). KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF NURSE ABOUT FALL PREVENTION FOR PATIENT USING MORSE SCALE AT HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Vietnam Medical Journal, 524(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v524i2.4880

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF NURSE ABOUT FALL PREVENTION FOR PATIENT USING MORSE SCALE AT HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Anh Văn Ngô 1,, Quang Trung Trương 2,3, Bùi Hải Hoàng1,3, Xuân Ngọc Trần 1, Thế Tuyền Nguyễn1, Tiến Đỉnh Dương 1, Thị Thanh Thủy Trần 4, Thị Thương Thương Nguyễn5
1 Hanoi medical university hospital
2 Hanoi medial university hospital
3 Hanoi medical university
4 K hospital
5 Nguyen Gia

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Abstract

The objective of this study is  to describe the knowledge and practice of nurses on fall prevention for patients using Morse Scale at Hanoi Medical University Hospital in 2021. This descriptive study was conducted on 164 nurses by a self- questionnaire on knowledge and practice about fall prevention. The majority of nurses are female (72.0%), have had university degrees (76.2%), have had less than 10 years of experience (72.6%) and taken care more than 10 patients/day (61%). The percentage of nurses who were trained in fall prevention ranged from 50.6% to 75% and over 90% of nurses reported having a risk of fall screening process at the department and having a treatment plan, fall prevention in hospital. Nurse who had good knowledge on fall prevention is 45.7% and good practice is 39.6%.

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fall prevention, knowledge, practice, nurse

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