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Measuring hospital falls prevention safety climate

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dc.contributor.authorBennett, P.N.
dc.contributor.authorOckerby, C.
dc.contributor.authorStinson, J.
dc.contributor.authorWillcocks, K.
dc.contributor.authorChalmers, C.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe prevention of falls is a key safety priority for hospitals. There are no tools that examine the safety climate from a falls prevention perspective. The aim of this study was to measure the falls prevention safety climate at an Australian metropolitan hospital. The Victorian Safety Climate Survey (SCS) was used to examine the general safety climate, with four items replicated and modified to examine the falls prevention climate. Data (N = 458) for the six SCS domains compared favourably with statewide data. The falls prevention items were correlated with the original items from which they were derived but responses regarding falls prevention tended to be less positive than patient safety more broadly. Priorities for improvement identified using a falls SCS can inform the development of falls prevention strategies and form the basis of a more comprehensive tool to explore the falls prevention safety climate.
dc.identifier.citationContemporary Nurse, 2014; 47(1-2):27-35
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10376178.2014.11081903
dc.identifier.issn1037-6178
dc.identifier.issn1839-3535
dc.identifier.orcidBennett, P.N. [0000-0001-9174-3499]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/145053
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 eContent Management
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2014.11081903
dc.subjectacute care
dc.subjectfalls prevention
dc.subjectsafety climate
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectAccidental Falls
dc.subjectVictoria
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectPatient Safety
dc.titleMeasuring hospital falls prevention safety climate
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916457703801831

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