Restraints and Safety Devices
This type of restraint limits a client's movement within a setting through the use of barriers.
What is a barrier restraint?
This is an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury.
What is a fall?
This acronym stands for Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep.
What is PASS?
This is the first part of the NPSG to identify every client using two identifiers accurately.
What are two client identifiers?
Any event that is not consistent with the desired or normal operation.
What is an adverse event?
This type of restraint uses medications to reduce a client's movement or control behavior
What is a chemical restraint?
These experts within a facility promote strategies aimed at fall prevention.
What are fall safety champions?
This acronym stands for Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish.
What is RACE?
The process when the physician assesses the current home medications with the newly prescribed drugs.
What is medication reconciliation?
Sensory overload from noise pollution created in part by the numerous distress alerts.
What is alarm fatigue?
This type of lift is mounted in the ceiling and is used to lift and transfer clients
What is a ceiling lift?
This is when a client leaves or wanders away from a health care facility.
What is elopement?
Lab or diagnostic procedure results that are outside the expected reference range and can be life-threatening or potentially fatal if not immediately improved.
What are critical results?
Used at the time of medication administration when both the medication and the client’s facility-issued identification band are scanned.
What is barcode scanning?
An unexpected event or circumstance that occurred that did not cause harm to the patient but had the potential to.
What is a client safety event?
This is a device with locking wheels that is used to lift clients out of bed or chair. It has a sling to cradle clients.
What is a mobile (ground) lift or Hoyer lift?
The practice of scheduling a member of the nursing staff to see the client every hour to proactively address their needs.
What is hourly rounding?
A dedicated group whose responsibility is to bring critical care to the bedside.
What is a rapid response team?
A Joint Commission mandated pause taken by all personnel in the procedure or operating room.
What is a time out?
A potential error or close call that could have caused harm but was caught and avoided.
What is a near miss?
This is a physical device applied to a person to restrict their movement.
What is a mechanical restraint?
This device is A fall prevention tool that can attach to the bed, chair, or person.
What is a movement alarm?
Medications that inhibit the blood’s ability to clot
What are anticoagulant medications?
A person’s inability to interact with others in ways that staff will understand.
What is communication disability?
A critical, unexpected adverse event or circumstance that caused severe physical or psychological harm to the patient.
What is a sentinel event?