The purpose of a physical restraint is to ____ the patient. Physical restraints are appropriate for a patient who ____ . When an adult patient needs physical restraints, the ____ will write a prescription for up to ____ of restraint use. The prescription may be renewed for up to ____ consecutive hours of restraint. Patients age 9-17 can have an individual physical restraint prescription for ____ at a time before requiring renewal. Patients that are 2 years old or younger can have an individual physical restraint prescription for ____ at a time before requiring renewal. In an emergency situation an RN ____ place physical restraints on a patient, but they have to ____ . It is important for nurses to know the federal, state, and ____ policies for physical restraints. A 3 year old patient in the pediatric intensive care unit has a new tracheostomy and will not stop pulling on it. The provider has decided to write a prescription for physical restraints. To keep the patient from pulling out their tracheostomy tube, the team should first try using ____. If that doesn't work, they would likely consider using ____ next. An adult patient in the neurological trauma unit who is assessed as a high fall risk intermittently wakes up in a confused state and attempts to leave the bed. After attempting other safety measures, the team decides to apply a physical restraint. The most appropriate first choice would be ____ . A nurse is assessing the status of a patient's wrist restraints. They know the restraints are at an ____ tightness when they are able to fit four fingers in between the wrist strap and the patient's wrist.

Guidelines for the Use of Physical Restraints Game-ified

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