1.
INCIDENT
REPORT

2.
INCIDENT REPORTS
Is a risk management tool used to
describe and report UNUSUAL
event (falls, medication errors,
forgotten treatment, injuries) that
occurs to a client, visitor or staff
member

3.
TWO FUNCTIONS
1. It informs the facility’s administration of
the incident and allows risk
management personnel to consider
ways to prevent similar occurrences in
the future.
2. It alerts the facility’s insurance
company to a potential claim and the
possible need for investigation.

4.
INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THE IR
 The date, exact time, and place the nurse
discovered the occurrence.
 The person(s) involved in the occurrence,
including witnesses.
 The exact occurrences witnessed by the
nurse (e.g., “Found the client sitting on the
floor, client stated that...,”rather than “Client
fell.”)
 The exact details and time sequence of what
happened and the consequences for the
persons involved.

5.
INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THE IR
 The nurse’s actions to provide care and the
results of the nurse’s assessment for injuries
and client complaints.
 The supervisor o duty who was notified and
the time and name of the physician notified; if
telephone orders were received from the
physician, these should be documented as
previously discussed and the orders
implemented.

6.
INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THE IR
 Never record personal opinions,
assumptions, judgments, or conclusions
about what happened; point blame; or
suggest ways to prevent similar occurrences.
Forward the incident report to the designated
person defined in the facility’s policy.

7.
HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS OF NURSING
 Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing
(Iloilo, 1906)
 St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing
(Manila, 1907)
 Philippine General Hospital School of
Nursing (1907)
 St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing (Q.C.,
1907)
 Mary Johnson Hospital School of Nursing
(Manila, 1907)

8.
FIRST COLLEGES OF NURSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 University of Sto. Tomas College of
Nursing (1946)
 Manila Central University College of
Nursing (1947)
 University of the Philippines College of
Nursing (1948)

9.
FIRST HOSPITALS
 Hospital Real de Manila – First Hospital
in the Philippines
 San Lazaru Hospital – Still Existing