abundantgrace

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1. Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

   abundantgrace replied to abundantgrace's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Hey, Thanks for your response. I'm new to this. I just saw your reply. Anyway, it's extremely frustrating, management doesn't care about acuity, just filling beds. When we do have need for a...

2. Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

   abundantgrace replied to abundantgrace's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Yes we do. Sometimes we can't hear the alarms if we are in a negative pressure room. Each staff member wears a phone and are alerted when someone gets out of bed. But by the time we get to the...

3. Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

   abundantgrace replied to abundantgrace's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   This is a large unit and many of the patients are confused and they try to get out of bed. We set bed alarms and occasionally use restraints. We try to place the patients with the highest fall risk...

4. Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

   abundantgrace replied to abundantgrace's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I forgot to mention that we always use bed alarms and we occasionally use restraints if the bed alarms, meds or a family member is not available to stay with the patient. How is everyone's unit set...

5. Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

   abundantgrace posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I work at a 175-bed hospital. I work on a med/surg unit that has been open about 6 months. This unit is different from other units because it is split into 2 separate units, one on either side of the...