Walker And Avant Borderline Case Study

Clinical attributes, as defined by Walker and Avant, are a group of broad characteristics that help define the concept (2011). After exploring all of the uses of safety, it is evident that safety is not solely limited to medicine. With Walker and Avant in mind, three attributes evident in the research and consistent with safety are regulation, harm, and protection.
Regulations are rules, laws, policies, or suggestions that guide actions, commonly made as a result of and to prevent future poor outcomes from occurring (“Regulation,” n.d.). Speed limits and seatbelt laws exist to prevent motor vehicle deaths and/or injuries. In hospital settings, the scanning of patient armbands when it is time for medication administration is part of many
Mr. P is a patient admitted to the neurology unit for dizziness, nausea, and confusion. He was admitted to the room at the end of the hallway, which is the farthest from the nurses’ station. Once he was settled in, he spilt his water on the floor and failed to notify anyone. Then, Mr. P dozed off for five minutes and woke up with nausea and the urge to vomit. Mr. P stepped into the puddle of water on the floor with his bare feet, hit his head on the bedside table, and is now bleeding from his eyebrow. Nurse Bob arrives to his room after hearing the bed alarm going off, and finds Mr. P on the floor. Nurse Bob immediately assesses Mr. P and his surroundings. Mr. P complains of pain, is alert and oriented to person, place, and situation, and says that he still feels like he might vomit. Mr. P states he was not given any socks on admission, forgot to tell Nurse Bob that he spilt water on the floor, and that he has only had one bed rail up on his bed for the past several hours. Nurse Bob grabs an emesis basin and yellow socks for Mr. P, assists him to the bathroom, asks if he is okay, notifies the physician of the fall event, and leaves Mr. P to continue giving medications to his other