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Aim: This study aims to adapt the "Nursing Practice Readiness Scale" to Turkish culture, and evaluate its psychometric properties. Background: New graduates' nursing practice readiness can impact their work adaptation and performance. Design: The research employed a methodological design. Methods: Data were collected between May and July 2022. The sample consisted of 436 newly graduated nurses. Content validity, construct validity and criterion validity were evaluated. Reliability was examined with adjusted item‐total correlation, Cronbach's a coefficient, composite‐reliability and split‐half reliability. Results: The Turkish version of Nursing Practice Readiness Scale was found to have good content and criterion validity. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the original five‐factor structure of the scale was also confirmed for the Turkish version. The scale's overall Cronbach's α coefficient was determined to be 0.96, with subscale coefficients ranging from 0.73 to 0.94. The composite reliability values of the subscales were found between 0.75 and 0.94. In split‐half reliability, the correlation coefficient between half was 0.952, with a Spearman–Brown Coefficient (Unequal Length) of 0.976. Conclusions: The Turkish version of Nursing Practice Readiness Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for evaluating the nursing practice readiness of newly graduated nurses. Summary statement: What is already known about this topic? The nursing practice readiness of newly graduated nurses may impact their work adaptation and performance.Work adaptation is an important predictor of intention to leave the profession and productivity. What this paper adds? This study adapted the Nursing Practice Readiness Scale to Turkish culture, and evaluated its psychometric properties.The Turkish version of Nursing Practice Readiness Scale was shown to be a valid and reliable tool that can be used to evaluate newly graduated nurses' nursing practice readiness. The implications of this paper Nurse educators will be able to assess the readiness of graduating students for nursing practice by using the scale.Nurse managers will be able to evaluate the readiness of new graduate nurses for nursing practice using the scale.Nurse managers and educators will be able to identify areas that need to be prioritized to increase the readiness of newly graduated nurses for nursing practice by using the scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims and objectives: To examine the views and suggestions of healthcare professionals, patients and family members on the causes of inpatient falls and fall‐prevention practices. Background: Patient falls are one of the most prevalent medical errors in the hospitals. In order to prevent patient falls, it is necessary to identify and classify the situations causing falls in detail and preventive interventions for these situations need to be developed. Design: The study was designed using a descriptive qualitative research method. Method: The semi‐structured interviews were conducted with four physicians, four charge nurses, 12 nurses, four support staff members, eight patients and eight family members of patients in the palliative, internal disease, surgery and orthopaedic clinics in a training and research hospital between March 2017–May 2017. Thematic analysis method was used to analyse data. The defined themes were classified based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for Falls in Acute Rehabilitation Settings. Results: In this research, 71 themes related to situations causing falls and 30 themes related to prevention interventions were determined. Defined themes were linked with 44 categories under five International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health domains and organised accordingly. Among the categories included in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for Falls in Acute Rehabilitation Settings, 65% were verified, while 22 new categories that were not included in the original core set were defined. Conclusion: In accordance with this result, evaluating the opinions of all stakeholders on the research and development of fall‐prevention programmes will increase the effectiveness of fall prevention in hospitals. The ICF model can be used to classify the causes of falls and fall‐prevention interventions to create a common language about this topic. Relevance to clinical practice: To prevent falls, more detailed and useful information can be obtained by key stakeholders (all healthcare professionals, patient and patient family). ICF Core Set For Falls can be used to systematically classify causes of falls and fall‐prevention interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patient falls cause economic loss in hospitals, as well as patient injuries. This study aimed to calculate the additional hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) due to fall-related serious injuries and to identify the determining factors for both outcomes. A matched case-control design was used in the study. It was conducted with a case group of 39 patients and a control group of 39 patients in 28 hospitals in izmir, Turkey. The additional hospital cost and LOS due to fall-related serious injuries were calculated to be US$3,302.60 and 14.61 days, respectively. Precautionary initiatives for the injurious falls can prevent patients from getting injured and avoid increases in cost and LOS due to these injuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]