Nurses' Perceptions of Acute Care Unit Design and Fall Risks

Clinical staff offer first-hand perspectives to identify fall risk factors related to the built environment. Through qualitative methodology, nurses' perceptions highlight medical-surgical unit design features that contribute to patient falls or help reduce the impact or likelihood of a fall. Keywords: hospital falls, hospital construction, hospital design, hospital units, medical-surgical unit
In 2020, falls resulting in patient injury was the most frequently reported sentinel event reviewed by The Joint Commission (2021). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2024) estimated approximately [...]