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Objective To seek the best method for security precaution of elderly inpatients.Methods Elderly patients(296 cases) from January to August in 2006 and elderly patients(336 cases) from January to August in 2007 were divided into the control group and the improved group.The improved group received selective safety precaution measures after assessment of crisis degree by nurse security scale.The control group was given routine security nursing measures.The hospitalization time and incidence of unsafe events were compared in the two groups. Results The two groups were different in the following aspects:hospitalization time, incidence of unsafe events,satisfaction degree of family members,shift time of nurses,satisfaction degree of nurses. Conclusions To supply selective security nursing for elderly patients after assessment of crisis degree by nurse security scale at the admission day could decrease the incidence of un-safe events and hospitalization time.At the same time it shortened the shift time and increased shift efficien-cy to realize the win-win relations between nurses and patients.