Application of preventive nursing of falling in hospitalized elderly patients of gastroenterology department

Objective To investigate the application effect of preventive nursing of falling in hospitalized elderly patients of gastroenterology.Methods 1078 cases of hospitalized elderly patients of Gastroenterology treated with conventional nursing care from January 1,2008 to December 31,2010 were selected as the contrast group and 1363 cases were selected as the observation group with the preventive nursing of falling from January 1,2011 to December 31,2013.The rate of falling was compared between two groups.Results In the event of falling,the rate was 2.69％ in the control group,and 0.29％ in the observation group,there was statistical significant difference (x 2=25.956) between them.Conclusion The applications of preventive nursing of falling could reduce the rate of event of falling in hospitalized elderly patients of gastroenterology,and provide safe and high quality health care services for them,which is worth for clinical application. Key words: Elderly;  Falling;  Preventive nursing;  Gastroenterology