Patients fall regularly in hospitals and nursing homes. The number of falls per hospital has caused injury and death to some, and has cost hospitals a lot of money. Patients feel that nurses have a lot of work to do and tend not to bother them when they want to go to the bathroom, which is why many patients fall out of bed. Many believe that falls should not happen in hospitals, and many insurance companies are no longer willing to cover the costs associated with patient falls. Therefore, many hospitals have been looking for ways to implement interventions that reduce the number of falls, because it is something that can be prevented from the beginning. The articles I chose for this article reflect how hourly rounding has reduced falls in hospitalized patients. Significance The national fall rate is between 2.3 and 7.0 falls per 1,000 hospital stay days, with an additional cost of approximately $4,200 per fall (Kalman, 2008). . The number of falls that occur in hospitals is inevitable. They have caused injury and death to many patients during hospitalization. It has also put a strain on the hospital with the amount of money they have to spend that could be spent on other things, especially when this is something that can be prevented in a hospital setting as healthcare workers are there to help and are continually in and outside patient rooms. In fact, this has become significant recently, as insurance companies are no longer willing to pay for falls that happen in hospitals, along with many other things. “In 2006, there were 2,591 reported cases of Medicare patients falling out of bed” (Woodward, 2009, p.201). However, the most important thing to recognize… middle of the paper… back to the basics: hourly nursing shifts to reduce patient falls and light use of calls and increase patient satisfaction. Retrieved from http://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs08/techprogram/paper_37872.htmMeade, C. M., Bursell, A. L., & Ketelsen, L. (2006). Effects of nursing shifts on patients' use, satisfaction, and safety of CallLight. Retrieved from www.studergroup.com/content/ahc_research/...files/0906_calllight.pdfUlanimo, V. M., & Ligotti, N. (2011). Patient satisfaction and safety: results of targeted rounding. VA National Center for Patient Safety. Retrieved from www.patientsafety.gov/TIPS/Docs/TIPS_JulAug11.pdfWoodward, J.L. (2009). Effects of rounding on patient satisfaction and safety in a medical-surgical unit. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/sp-3.4.2a/ovidweb.cgi?QS2=434f4