THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARING NURSES AND NURSE COMPLIANCE IN IMPLEMENTING PREVENTION FOR PATIENTS AT RISK OF FALLING IN THE INPATIENT ROOM AT HOSPITAL X, SEMARANG CITY

The incident of a patient falling which causes the patient to experience physical injury is one of the detrimental impacts on the patient. Caring nurses are needed in providing nursing services to patients where nurses increase their concern for patients in preventing the risk of falls. The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between caring nurses and nurses' compliance in implementing patient prevention at risk of falls in the Inpatient Room at Hospital X, Semarang City. Method: the research used a quantitative design with a cross sectional approach, the sample size was 60 people using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire, analyzed using Spearman's Rang with a significance level of p value ≤ 0.05. The research results showed that caring data from nurses in the good category was 41 people (68.3%), compliance from nurses in the good category was 49 people (81.7%). The Spearman Rank test results obtained a p value of 0.000. This value is smaller than 0.05, which means there is a significant relationship between caring for nurses and nurses' compliance in implementing prevention for patients at risk of falls in the inpatient room at Hospital X, Semarang City. In conclusion, caring nurses and nurse compliance in preventing fall risk have a significant relationship, because caring nurses provide care directly and will respond to each patient's condition. The better the nurse's implementation of caring, the smaller the patient's risk of falling, as well as the nurse's compliance in assessing the risk of falling will prevent the occurrence of falls in patients.