Patient falls are huge issue in hospitals. Insurance doesn’t reimburse them for any injury or increased stay due to falls .
They simply eat the cost. So when u fall , u get in trouble , tons of paperwork, meeting with manager, hell we can get a written warning or fired if it’s a frequent occurrence.
I worked in a neurosurgery unit for a period of time which has a high risk for falls .Because our patients have either strokes or brain surgery and are confused or impulsive or had spinal surgery and are high on dosages of narcotics.
I had 3 patients fall in my career.
First time my initial response was are u okay and “ I hope u didn’t get hurt “
2nd time are “ Are u kidding me “
3rd time “ For fuck sake why did u have to do that for u sack of shit !!! Now i am in big trouble !!! “