NURSING COMPLIANCE IN IMPLEMENTING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO PREVENT PATIENTS FROM FALLING

Abstract

Reducing the risk of falling patients is one of six patient safety goals. To reduce the risk of injury due to falls the hospital makes a Standard Operating Procedure to prevent patients from falling as a reference to avoid unexpected events. One factor that influences the implementation of the Standard Operating Procedure is nurse compliance. The purpose of this study was to determine the compliance of nurses in implementing standard operating procedures to prevent patients from falling in inpatient installations. The population in this study were all nursing nurses in the inpatient installation, amounting to 30 nurses, using the Total Sampling technique and a sample of 30 nurses. This study uses an observation sheet instrument with 23 statements. The results of the study showed that all nurses did not adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure for preventing falling patients, where 100% of nurses in carrying out the prevention of patients fell not according to the Standard Operating Procedures. The nurse's misunderstanding of the instructions caused the non-compliance of respondents in the implementation of the SPO to prevent patients from falling. In addition, the factors of attitude, age, years of service and education also influence the disobedience of nurses.