The nurse working in the pediatric unit finds the two-year-old patient crying on the floor near his hospital crib. The child's parents were present for the fall, are visibly upset, and tell the nurse that she crawled over the edge and fell to the floor. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

Assess the patient for injuries; file an incident report. The top priority of any in-hospital falls is to assess the patient for injuries. If there are injuries, those should be attended to first. A fall in the hospital should be documented through an incident report. If there are injuries, those should be noted in the medical chart, but we do not have that information in question. Scolding the parents for not watching the child more closely is not the right approach and can lead to a strained relationship between the nurse and the patient's family.

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Topics: Pediatrics Communication & Documentation Crisis Management Health Care Ethics, Law, and Policy Health Care Quality Health Promotion

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