Race Jones
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1.) If your patient really injures you to the point you’re no longer able to give care… then you are both screwed. So you’d better NOT let that happen!
2.) When you come under attack, whether the patient is knowingly and willingly doing it… or their medical condition is causing them to unknowingly do it… you have every right and responsibility to protect yourself from harm.
3.) Legally, the precedent you must follow, is simple. You are permitted to use the force that is reasonably necessary to keep yourself from being harmed… but NO MORE than the force that is reasonably necessary to keep yourself from being harmed. (i.e. if the patient is wrestling you, that’s not the time to step back, grab a chair and bash their skull in… you must keep your response proportional to the danger.)
4.) During your training, and during your clinicals, you will get exposure to problems such as you’ve described. Each institution has its own policies and procedures for the PREVENTION of this kind of violence, and the MITIGATION of this kind of violence. Also, veteran caregivers who have experience dealing with combative patients will share advice with you.
5.) Nobody in medicine, from the lowest EMT, to the most renowned physician, is an island unto themselves. There’s nothing new under the sun. As a nurse, you’ll be functioning as PART OF A TEAM.
6.) Therefore, YOUR MISSION as a prospective nurse, needs to be to be CONSTANTLY learning from your first day of training, all the way through your retirement, from your fellow caregivers and supporting employees (including hospital security).
7.) Your personal safety, is a matter that IS covered in the training process, as are the legal and ethical duties and responsibilities you’ll carry out. Pay attention in training. Because while I can tell you, “YES, you MAY defend yourself from harm”, it will be those who teach you your profession, who teach you all of the nuances of that very over-simplified statement, as it applies to your profession.
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2.) When you come under attack, whether the patient is knowingly and willingly doing it… or their medical condition is causing them to unknowingly do it… you have every right and responsibility to protect yourself from harm.
3.) Legally, the precedent you must follow, is simple. You are permitted to use the force that is reasonably necessary to keep yourself from being harmed… but NO MORE than the force that is reasonably necessary to keep yourself from being harmed. (i.e. if the patient is wrestling you, that’s not the time to step back, grab a chair and bash their skull in… you must keep your response proportional to the danger.)
4.) During your training, and during your clinicals, you will get exposure to problems such as you’ve described. Each institution has its own policies and procedures for the PREVENTION of this kind of violence, and the MITIGATION of this kind of violence. Also, veteran caregivers who have experience dealing with combative patients will share advice with you.
5.) Nobody in medicine, from the lowest EMT, to the most renowned physician, is an island unto themselves. There’s nothing new under the sun. As a nurse, you’ll be functioning as PART OF A TEAM.
6.) Therefore, YOUR MISSION as a prospective nurse, needs to be to be CONSTANTLY learning from your first day of training, all the way through your retirement, from your fellow caregivers and supporting employees (including hospital security).
7.) Your personal safety, is a matter that IS covered in the training process, as are the legal and ethical duties and responsibilities you’ll carry out. Pay attention in training. Because while I can tell you, “YES, you MAY defend yourself from harm”, it will be those who teach you your profession, who teach you all of the nuances of that very over-simplified statement, as it applies to your profession.
To what extent can I defend myself from hostile patients as a nurse?
Paul Schewene's answer: As a medical caregiver, common sense rules the day here. 1.) If your patient really injures you to the point you’re no longer able to give care… then you are both screwed. So you’d better NOT let that happen! 2.) When you come under attack, whether the patient is knowing...
you cant hit or knockout patients fucking idiots
