ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: Basic Concept
Ebbie Velasco
STUDENT NAME _____________________________________
Client Safety
CONCEPT ______________________________________________________________________________ REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER ___________
Related Content Underlying Principles Nursing Interventions
(E.G., DELEGATION, WHO? WHEN? WHY? HOW?
LEVELS OF PREVENTION,
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES)
Falls: Older adult clients Preventing Falls: - Use risk assessment
can be at an increased risk - Complete a fall risk tools to evaluate clients
for falls due to decreased assessment for each client and their environment for
strength, impaired mobility at admission. safety
and balance, improper use - Be sure the client knows - Encourage clients to
of mobility aids, unsafe how to use the call light, that speak up and take an
clothing. it is in reach and to active role in their health
- Other clients at increased encourage its use care and in preventing
risk include those with - Respond to call lights in a errors
deceased visual acuity, timely manner - Create a culture of
generalized weakness, - Use fall risk alerts checks and balances to
urinary frequency, gait and - Provide regular toileting avoid errors when working
balance problems. and orientation of clients in stressful circumstances
- clients are at a greater who have cognitive -Communicate risk factors
risk for falls when they impairment and plans of care to clients,
have more than one risk - Provide adequate lighting family, and other staff
factor - Orient clients to the setting - Use protocols for
-Prevention of client falls is to make sure they know how responding to dangerous
a major nursing priority. to use all assistive devices situation
Nurses must evaluate all and locate necessary items - Identify and document
clients in health care - Provide hourly rounding incidents and responses.
facilities - Make sure bedside tables These reports help identify
are with in reach trends, patterns and the
root cause of adverse
events
ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE A1
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