Following notification of two client falls on the unit, a nurse manager decides a formal investigation is necessary and informs the staff. Which statement indicates the primary reason the nurse manager would perform an investigation to determine the causes of the falls?

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Following notification of two client falls on the unit, a nurse manager decides a formal investigation is necessary and informs the staff. Which of the following statements indicates the primary reason for the nurse manager to perform an investigation to determine the causes of the two falls?

a) "I would like to establish what needs to take place to prevent future falls."

b) "I want to determine exactly what happened and why the two clients fell."

c) "I would like to establish the causes and trends related to client falls."

d) "I want to identify the environmental factors that contributed to the falls."

c) "I would like to establish the causes and trends related to client falls".

Explanation:

A patient or client fall is defined as an unplanned fall of patient to the floor with or without injury to the patient.it can cause lacerations, fractures, or internal bleeding, leading to increased health care utilization.

The nurse manager decides to have an investigation so that she can find out the cause and trend of the fall of two clients in order to prevent the risk in future. it will involve fall injury risk assessment that will help to identify risk factors for falling and falls history that will suggest the treatment for the cause.

Hence, the correct statement used by the nurse manager is c) "I would like to establish the causes and trends related to client falls".

c would be the answer