The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Climbed Out

question 26

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who climbed out of bed and fell on the floor.What will the nurse do in regard to the incident report?

• A) Document how the patient was found and a description of the injuries.
• B) Include recommendations for future fall prevention interventions.
• C) Note in the patient's chart that an incident report was completed.
• D) Indicate that the nursing assistant wasn't doing her job correctly.
• E) Document fall prevention steps that were in place before the patient fell.

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Definitions:

Task Performance

The act of executing and completing specific duties or objectives as part of one's role or job responsibilities.

Timely Feedback

Providing constructive responses or evaluations shortly after an action, task, or event to encourage learning and improvement.

Intuitors

Individuals who prefer to rely on intuition and abstract thinking rather than factual information and practical details.

Empirical Data

is information obtained through observation or experimentation, used as a basis for forming conclusions or making decisions.