Upaya Peningkatan Pengetahuan Perawat dalam Pencegahan Resiko Jatuh di Ruang HD Rumah Sakit Bhayangkara Provinsi Lampung

WHO (2020) found that in various hospitals around the world the incidence of patient falls per year ranged from 3.2 - 16.6% or 700,000 -1,000,000 in the United States, England, Denmark and Australia. Data in Indonesia recorded 34 cases of patient falls or equivalent to 14% of fall incidents in hospitals in Indonesia, data from Bhayangkara Hospital has a high prevalence of fall risk, reaching 10.07% or around 1,975 people, especially in the hemodialysis room. One of the unexpected events is the incident of a patient falling, caused by various things, this is also related to the knowledge of nurses in preventing the risk of falls in patients. Objective: To find out efforts to improve nurses' knowledge in preventing the risk of falls in the HD room at Bhayangkara Hospital, Lampung Province.The data collection method carried out on August 20, 2024 was through interviews, documentation studies, and observations. From the pre-survey data, it was found that nurses' knowledge was lacking because there were still incidents of patients falling in the hemodialysis room. The results of the Nursing Management problems found were that the prevention of the risk of falling in patients in the HD room of the Bhayangkara Lampung Hospital was not optimal, the number of nurses in the HD room itself was 19 nurses, 11 of whom had undergone training. The activity plan carried out was education about the importance of nurses' knowledge in optimally preventing the risk of falling in patients. The implementation of the activity was carried out on December 14, 2024 by means of education on the prevention of the risk of falling in patients with a Morse fall scale assessment. After education was carried out on the risk of falling in patients in the HD room of the Bhayangkara Lampung Hospital, the results showed an increase in nurses' knowledge about the risk of falling, as evidenced by the pre-test results of 50-70% and the post-test results of 70-90. It is hoped that with the increase in nurses' knowledge, they can optimize the prevention of the risk of falling in the HD room. So that it can make the quality of nurse services to patients more optimal.