PROPHECY CORE MANDATORY PART II
NURSING EXAM REVIEW STUDY NOTES
◉ Important to remember when caring for adults 80 and over
Answer: There is no reason to assume mental decline had occurred
◉ Which example qualifies as a sentinel event that would require
review by the Joint commission
Answer: A patient who commits suicide within 72 hours of
discharged from a hospital setting that provides staffed around the
clock care
◉ What is a sentinel event
Answer: An event that affects a patient causing death harm or
intervention required to sustain life.
◉ Which of the following is an important principle for the
healthcare professional to provide ethical care
Answer: Allow patients the right of self determination regarding
health care decisions
◉ According to Joint Commission's ethical standards, which of the
following is accurate concerning your role of as a healthcare worker?
, Answer: you must safeguard confidences and privacy at all times
◉ Which of the following is the patients responsibility
Answer: to ask for pain relief when pain first begins
◉ When delivering care you need to determine which type of
language in patients?
Answer: primary
◉ What should patients be told when they have a grievance
regarding any part of the are provided to them
Answer: Be told about the process involved in filing a complaint
◉ When must two patient identifiers be used
Answer: collecting a blood specimen
◉ Which of the following is an example of a non-judgemental
question?
Answer: What do you think caused your illness
◉ What practices do interpreters use to improve communication?
Answer: Use of words that are appropriate to both providers and
patients
NURSING EXAM REVIEW STUDY NOTES
◉ Important to remember when caring for adults 80 and over
Answer: There is no reason to assume mental decline had occurred
◉ Which example qualifies as a sentinel event that would require
review by the Joint commission
Answer: A patient who commits suicide within 72 hours of
discharged from a hospital setting that provides staffed around the
clock care
◉ What is a sentinel event
Answer: An event that affects a patient causing death harm or
intervention required to sustain life.
◉ Which of the following is an important principle for the
healthcare professional to provide ethical care
Answer: Allow patients the right of self determination regarding
health care decisions
◉ According to Joint Commission's ethical standards, which of the
following is accurate concerning your role of as a healthcare worker?
, Answer: you must safeguard confidences and privacy at all times
◉ Which of the following is the patients responsibility
Answer: to ask for pain relief when pain first begins
◉ When delivering care you need to determine which type of
language in patients?
Answer: primary
◉ What should patients be told when they have a grievance
regarding any part of the are provided to them
Answer: Be told about the process involved in filing a complaint
◉ When must two patient identifiers be used
Answer: collecting a blood specimen
◉ Which of the following is an example of a non-judgemental
question?
Answer: What do you think caused your illness
◉ What practices do interpreters use to improve communication?
Answer: Use of words that are appropriate to both providers and
patients
