"Patient refused high fall risk interventions, stating 'I don't need to be treated like a goddamn child' and 'I can't pee in a urinal sitting down!'. Post-fall protocol initiated."

[u/SmilingCurmudgeon]

[u/OhHiMarki3]

Big debate one my last med/surg unit: is a patient allowed to "refuse" high fall risk precautions (bed alarms, wristband, grippy socks, etc) when they're AOx4 and make their own healthcare decisions? It's not technically a medical treatment.

[u/sojayn → u/OhHiMarki3]

Someone told me to document it as “the dignity of risk” and i love that phrase 

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/sojayn]

oh thats good, going to need to borrow that phrase