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A surgical patient in his unit has a fall from his bed on the 2nd post-operative day and accidentally the feeding tube dislodged from the nose; on assessment the patient was looking irritable and reported pain in the area of surgical incision. The above-mentioned issue was to be documented as an unusual event as it occurred at the health care facility. Being a nurse, which of the following report do you consider in reporting?

A surgical patient in his unit has a fall from his bed on the 2nd post-operative day and accidentally the feeding tube dislodged from the nose; on assessment the patient was looking irritable and reported pain in the area of surgical incision. The above-mentioned issue was to be documented as an unusual event as it occurred at the health care facility. Being a nurse, which of the following report do you consider in reporting? Correct Answer Patient incident report

Explanation: 

  • Patient incident report is also known as an accidental report which is the documentation of the incidence or any accident in detail that has to be filled in the nursing superintendent cabin and should contain complete information of the patient (name and age) along with the place and time of accident and whether any preventive actions were taken or not by the nurse.
  • This can be used for preventing reoccurrence of such accidents in future.

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