Exam 14: Patient Safety

The patient is admitted to the hospital with orders for activity as tolerated.He is wheelchair-bound at home and has brought his own electric wheelchair and battery charger to help him maintain mobility.The nurse realizes that:

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

A safe health care environment is one in which:

More than ____________ patients are injured in falls in inpatient settings annually in the United States.

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

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

__________ are the most common type of inpatient accident.

Given the most common causes of hospital fires,which of the following choices are most appropriate in preventing patient injury?

Which of the following alternatives to physical restraints should the nurse use to promote patient safety?

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?

The use of physical restraints is one safety strategy that has been used to protect patients from injury.However,physical restraints should be used as a ______________ and are used only when reasonable alternatives have failed.

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