Patient Safety

Patient safety in healthcare facility is affected by injuries, falls, and healthcare associated infections. These problems interfere with the quality of the healthcare services that are supposed to be received by the patients. Nurses employed in long-term care like the medical-surgical units are always under pressure to provide healthcare services and to improve the safety of the patients. The majority of the patients in medical-surgical units are elderly and most of them are older than 65 years. These populations are therefore exposed to the risk of falls and injuries