Restraints
Though restraints are used on patients to prevent the pulling out of IVs and Foleys, they are most often used to prevent patients from pressing the nursing call light.[1][2][3][4] Then and only then can nurses do what matters most: charting.
Related Reading
- Patient-Controlled Call Light
- Seven Blunders of the Medical World
- Seven Wonders of the Medical World
References
- ↑ Patriotic Call Lights, Pagers to Play National Anthem (Gomerblog)
- ↑ Charting Suspended, Call Lights Disabled, Bathroom Breaks Okayed for National Nurses Week (Gomerblog)
- ↑ Amazing Survival Story: Patient Lives by Pressing Call Light 46 Times in a One... (Gomerblog)
- ↑ Inventor of Call Light Enjoying the 9th Ring of Hell (Gomerblog)