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1. Hops requiring nurses sign no Falling contract, Is this legal???

   psmith118 replied to psmith118's topic in General Nursing

   What worries me is that the RN will be legally responsible for any law suit that may come of a fall, heaven forbid the die from it. We presently use bed alarms, hourly rounding etc, this just seems a little fishy to me. And can someone with dementia...

2. Hops requiring nurses sign no Falling contract, Is this legal???

   psmith118 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My acute care facility is requiring nurses to sign a no fall policy with each patient. The patient is stating they will not fall and the nurse is stating she/he will do everything they can to help their patient not to fall. Is this legal and if a pat...