Exam 5: Management of Emergencies and Disasters

Hazardous materials and waste are present within the hospital environment.Which objectives must be met to ensure compliance with federal regulatory agencies to ensure protection of all people within the environment?

When using new equipment,it is essential for all staff responsible for its use to undergo orientation prior to use to be knowledgeable of (select all that apply):

In educating the staff,the nurse manager teaches about the All-hazards approach to all types of natural and terrorist events.Staff should understand that these events might include (select all that apply):

The nurse is caring for a patient following a mitral valve repair.Which patient should the charge nurse place in a semiprivate room with this patient?

Since the disaster in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina,government agencies have established environment of care standards.The nurse understands these standards are important to both the patient and institution based on (select all that apply):

The hospital safety committee is responsible for reporting hazardous materials events.For which of the following situations would the nurse expect a follow-up by this safety committee?

Nurses must understand that during an emergency,such as a tornado,sometimes the presiding decision maker may have to make decisions based on the principle of the most good for the most people.What would be an appropriate action based on that principle? (Select all that all apply.

Security concerns have forced hospitals to develop publicly announced emergency color codes.Although the actual color may differ from institution to institution,the nurse must be ready to participate in staff response for which emergencies? Select all that apply

Which of the following responses by the nurse is the most appropriate first action by the nurse when an employee is exposed to a caustic chemical on his arm?

Medical waste management categorizes waste into seven classes.What is included in those classes? Select all that apply

When obtaining a patient's blood pressure using an automatic monitoring device,the nurse notices that the reading is not consistent with previous readings for that patient.What is the priority action by the nurse?

Ergonomic hazards are major safety risks for nurses.To reduce the risks for injury,nurses should:

Emergency management is usually instituted by the safety officer of the facility.All employees are oriented to the emergency procedures either during new employee orientation or through annual competency evaluations.During these sessions,information is disseminated to include (select all that apply):

In the hospital,one person is designated to coordinate and implement the policies and procedures for emergency management of the hospital.Which position would most likely be designated to fulfill those responsibilities?

A triage nurse in the emergency department is responsible for deciding who is seen first-the most unstable patient versus the patient who is merely uncomfortable.Which of the following patients should be seen first by the emergency physicians?

The performance and compliance of standards of environment of care of institutions are measured by The Joint Commission.The importance of this accreditation is imparted to all employees prior to the commission's visit.What is the impact on the individual staff member?

During a natural disaster,nurses may be called on to act as first responders.The nurse recognizes the importance of agencies in the development of plans for the organization and management of such events.FEMA and the National Response Plan team have established protocols to:

Compliance to the Environment of Care standards measured by The Joint Commission ( TJC )is a requirement for federal funding to hospitals being reviewed.The key standard measured focuses on which areas?

The nurse smells smoke down a hallway and finds a small fire in the trash basket in a patient's bathroom.The first best action by the nurse is to:

Recent international terrorist attacks coordinated at multiple sites in a city at one time strain the ability of that city to respond.Which federal program was designed to address this risk?