Exam 14: Patient Safety

Effective fall prevention programs include which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

What should the nurse do to promote patient understanding and security in the health care setting?

What should the nurse do to prevent a patient from aspirating during a seizure?

A nurse enters the room of a patient who is sitting in a chair and begins to have a seizure.To promote patient safety,which nursing intervention will the nurse initially perform?

When caring for a patient who has been restrained,how often will the nurse perform an assessment?

Continuous seizure activity that lasts longer than 10 minutes is known as _______________.

Which of the following fall prevention strategies should the nurse perform on all hospitalized patients? (Select all that apply. )

After recognizing that a patient has received an electrical shock and removing the source of the shock,what should the nurse do next?

A patient is well known to the hospital staff from previous admissions and is prone to wandering at night.For patient safety,the physician writes an order for "belt restraint prn." What should the nurse do upon reviewing this order?

An ________________ maintains immobilization of the extremities to protect the patient from accidental removal of a therapeutic device.

When working with a patient who has a new seizure disorder,the nurse is alerted to the need for further instruction when the patient tells the nurse: (Select all that apply. )

When assessing a patient,a nurse notes that the skin distal to a restraint is pale and cool to the touch.Which of the following interventions will the nurse perform first?