Exam 27: Patient Safety

Equipment-related accidents are risks in the health care agency.The nurse assesses for this risk when using

A nurse is teaching a community group of school-aged parents about safety.The most important item to prioritize and explain is how to check the proper fit of

The nurse is completing an admission history on a new home health patient.The patient has been experiencing seizures as the result of a recent brain injury.The nurse diagnoses risk for injury with a goal of keeping the patient safe in the event of a seizure.Which interventions should the nurse utilize for this patient?

The nurse is caring for a group of medical-surgical patients.The unit has been notified of a fire on an adjacent wing of the hospital.The nurse quickly formulates a plan to keep the patients safe.Which of the following should the nurse implement?

A patient has been admitted and placed on fall precautions.The nurse explains to the patient that interventions for the precautions include

The nurse is precepting a student nurse and is careful to check with the student all components of the medication process.The nurse explains to the student that most errors occur in

The nurse suspects the possibility of a bioterrorist attack.Which of the following factors is most likely related to this possibility?

The nurse identifies that a patient has received Mylanta (simethicone)instead of the prescribed Pepto-Bismol (bismuth subsalicylate)for the problem of indigestion.The nurse's next intervention is to

During the admission assessment,the nurse assesses the patient for fall risk.Which of the following has the greatest potential to increase the patient's risk for falls?

The nurse is caring for an elderly patient admitted with nausea,vomiting,and diarrhea.Upon completing the health history,which priority concern would require collaboration with social services to address the patient's health care needs?

The nurse is completing discharge education for the patient regarding home medications.Which patient behavior is an indication that the patient understands the directions regarding the antibiotic medication?

The nurse enters the patient's room and notices a small fire in the headlight above the patient's bed.Immediately,the nurse assigns a nursing diagnosis of risk for injury with a goal for the patient to be safe.Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A confused patient is restless and continues to try to remove his oxygen and urinary catheter.What is the priority nursing diagnosis and intervention to implement for this patient?

Which of the following concepts are important to utilize when evaluating orders for restraints?

The nurse is teaching a group of older adults at an assisted-living facility about age-related physiological changes.Which question would be the most important to ask this group?

The nurse is instructing the student nurse regarding discharge teaching and medications.Which response by the student would indicate that learning has occurred?

The emergency department has been notified of a potential bioterrorist attack.The nurse assigned to the department realizes that the most important task for safety in this situation is to

A nurse is caring for an adult patient who has had a minor motor vehicle accident.The health history reveals that the patient is currently in the process of obtaining a divorce.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The older patient presents to the emergency department after stepping in front of a car at a crosswalk.After the patient has been triaged,the nurse interviews the patient.Which of the following comments would require follow-up by the nurse?

The nurse has placed a patient on high-risk alert for falls.Which of the following observations by the nurse would indicate that the patient has an understanding of this alert?