Question

1 points A nurse manager has noticed an increased number of falls over the past month. Which of the following interventions might help to reduce the number of falls on the unit? Determining who is to blame for the falls Making sure only safe, ambulatory patients are admitted Encouraging education and safety training for the staff Restraining patients who are most likely to fall

Answer 1

Encouraging education and safey traninng for the staff.
Best practice for reducing fall incidence in the unit need education of clinical and nonclinical staff, providing fall prevention training for the staff and training and education for the staffs should include conducting fall risk assessment, fall prevention, planning care, documentation etc. As a nurse manager identify the patient at risk and make safety alert and implement strategy to reduce the falls. As a nurse manager we should not blame any staffs for any harmful incident. Patient from various disease condition need different assessment and consideration to prevent fall. restrain to be used for certain condition, research says restrain increase the incident of falls in the unit among pshchologal disorder and older adults.