4th Side rail as restraint

[Celia M]

Hi Guys, I need your help, we are having a tough time complying with JCAHO and getting orders and completing documentation when we have 4 side rails up. Do any of you have ant ideas that have worked for you?

Thanks Celia:wink2: :wink2:

[MS._Jen_RN, ASN, RN]

In our facility, as long as a PATIENT or FAMILY MEMBER requests that the 4th siderail be up, it's not considered a restraint. HOWEVER, I always chart "SR up x4 per patient (or family member, with name, if possible). The name of the game is, after all, CYA.

That's how we do it most of the time.

~Jen