Hospitals get low on beds and need to discharge patients

                Patients must be restraint-free for at least 24 hours to be accepted into an LTACH

                A sitter can manually restrain a patient such that restraint devices are not utilized

                Patients often experience delirium in the hospital which can have lasting effects

                Anti-psychotics can be introduced to a patient’s med list to quell confused movement

                Patients are transferred from favorable RN:patient ratios to unfavorable RN:patient ratios

                Anti-psychotics can slow a patient’s mobility and rehabilitation

                Patients tangle in tubes and lines as they become more mobile leading to dislodgement

                Patients must be returned to the hospital to have tubes and lines replaced

                The cycle repeats…