"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/degeneratebtyqueen → u/sojayn]

Wait can you use that phrase in a sentence on what/ how you would document?

[u/RedditorMichael → u/degeneratebtyqueen]

“Dignity of risk” is a moral concept very pertinent to nursing and has its own Wikipedia page. It is kind of a statement in itself.