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Safe Environment
Right: You have the right to receive care in a safe setting as described by the following:
To be free from all forms of abuse or harassment.
To receive instructions regarding safety precautions related to your care, equipment and monitoring devices.
To be free from restraints except as medically necessary. Restraints will NOT be used as a means of coercion, punishment, convenience, or retaliation.
To be placed in protecive privacy when considered necessary for personal safety.
Corresponding Responsibility: You are responsible to promptly report to a member of your health care team any identified or perceived risk to your safety. You must notify your nurse prior to leaving the patient care area. You or your family must not operate or manipulate any equipment used in your care unless you have been instructed to do so and have demonstrated ability to safely operate the equipment.
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