Re: How do you reduce falls???? Originally Posted by hherrn
I find that nurses frequently ignore frequent alarms. Then when something alarming happens, and the alrm alarms, nobody is alarmed.
So true...."Shelia, has your patient been in V-tach all night?" LOL
If the patient is a altz or dem pt, see if the attending doc will give restraint orders, trendelenburg with head up (to keep them from scooting off the end of the bed), maybe some strategic use of carefully placed bed sheets---I'm just saying.
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