An Audit of a Large, University Medical Center Reveals That

Multiple Choice

An audit of a large, university medical center reveals that four patients in the hospital have current orders for restraints. You know that restraints are an intervention of last resort, and that it is inappropriate to apply restraints to which of the following patients?

A) A postlaryngectomy patient who is attempting to pull out his tracheostomy tube
B) A patient in hypovolemic shock trying to remove the dressing over his central venous catheter
C) A patient with urosepsis who is ringing the call bell incessantly to use the bedside commode
D) A patient with depression who has just tried to commit suicide and whose medications are not achieving adequate symptom control