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: A Q ualit a tiv e S tu dy Lim , M ei L in g B Sc ( N ursi ng), R N ; A n g, S e n g G ia p M arc u s B Sc ( N ursi ng), R N ; T e o , K ai B SN , R N ; W ee, Y a n H ui C ele st in e B Sc ( N ursi ng), R N ; Y e e, S h u P in g R N ; L im , S h u H ui Sh in Y u h B Sc ( N ursi ng), M BA, R N A u th or I n fo rm atio n  Ab str a ct  A n e xp lo ra to ry d es crip tiv e stu d y w as c o n d ucted t o e xp lo re th e per sp ec tiv es o f p atie h ad f a llen i n t h e hosp it a l; 1 0 0 p atien ts w er e in ter view ed. A n i n d uctiv e co n ten t a n aly a p pro ach w as a d op ted . S ix t h em es em erged: A p ath et ic t o w ard f a lls , s el f- b la m e beh a rel ucta n ce to i m pose on b usy n urs es , n eg ativ e feel in gs t o w ard n urs es , o ver es tim atin a b il it y , a n d p oor r et en tio n o f i n fo rm atio n . P atien ts o ft en d ow np la yed t h e ris k s o f f a l w er e rel ucta n t t o c a ll f o r h el p. PR EV EN TIO N o f f a lls a n d i t s r el ated i n ju ries c o n tin ues t o b e a m ajo r c h allen ge fo r h ea l in stit u tio n s w orld w id e. T h e World H ea lt h O rg a n iz a tio n r ep orted t h at a n es tim ated 4 24 fa lls o cc u r y ea rly , m akin g i t t h e lea din g s ec on d c a u se of a cc id en ta l o r u n in ten tio n al i n j d ea th s w orld w id e. F a ta l f a lls w er e als o r ep orted t o b e m ost c o m mon a m on g o ld er a d yea rs o f a ge an d o ld er .

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