Multiple Choice
The patient is an elderly gentleman who is admitted for a medical problem.While doing his admission assessment,the nurse learns that the patient gets up two to three times a night to go to the bathroom.The institution only has beds with split side rails.The nurse uses her assessment skills and knowledge to leave the lower rails in the down position since she knows that:
A) Falls rarely happen in the inpatient setting
B) Raised side rails increase the occurrence of falling
C) Side rails have no bearing on whether or not a patient falls
D) Patient falls rarely result in physical injury
Correct Answer:
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