Question

If a patient is at risk for a fall, it is acceptable to leave them on the commode with the call light while you attend to a patient in another room:

A. True

B. False

Answer 1

B. False.

• We should never leave a patient who is at risk for a fall.
• Be with the patient if the patient is in the commode.
• We should never go to another room for attending the other patient when we are with a client who is at risk of fall.
• Even though the call light is near to the client, at times they may not be able to reach out to that call light when they need it.
• By the time you go to another room the client may fall as no one will be there to help them. Also they will be less confident to sit in a commode without any assistance.
• Fall risk prevention strategies in every hospital states that always be with the patient who is at the risk for a fall.

Note: do not leave the client alone even though the call light is nearby to them if they are at risk for fall.