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In order to safeguard patient safety, nurses work to reduce the risk of falls and the harm they might cause. For the elderly population, fall-related injuries are a major health concern. Therefore, by determining fall risk factors and creating patient-specific fall prevention measures, nurses significantly improve patient safety. These fall prevention strategies aid in lowering the risk of falls and preventing injuries associated with them. Unfortunately, falls are the most prevalent cause of nonfatal injuries and the main cause of injury mortality in people aged 65 and over (Quigley et al., 2017).

According to the literature matrix research, some authors have similar

ideas about fall prevention strategies, while others take a different

approach. The majority of the research points to common predictors and

characteristics that increase a patient's risk of falling. Age, sex, care

dependency, prior fall history, use of sedative and/or psychotropic

medicines, and surgery are the most frequent predictors of fall risk,

according to Bernet el at. (2022). Singh & Anwar (2018) suggest that

awareness of prior activities should be taken into account in determining

the risk for falling as well. Hou et al. (2017) and Jones et al. (2020)

recommend that the accuracy and validity of the current screening tools

be examined, and that staff members be given training on these fall risk

assessment tools……….. Continue