The nurse executive wishes to change the culture of the long-term care facility to one in which restraints are seldom used. Which information would the nurse provide when discussing this change with the facility's ownership?

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Rationale 1: The rate of falls has not decreased in these facilities.
Rationale 2: Fall rates and injury rates have not increased in these facilities.
Rationale 3: Fall rates go up in these facilities, but the rate of long-term injury does not. This supports the concept that allowing the patients more mobility by not using restraints does not result in an increase in long-term injury.
Rationale 4: A restraint is a restraint, whether it is chemical or physical. Substituting chemical restraints for physical restraints is not a valid proposal.

The Nurse Executive Wishes to Change the Culture of the Long-Term