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quality nursing, but they are not as vital as providing safety. Not making medication errors does
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DIF: Understanding
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holistic or “whole-person” approach to care. By assessing the effect of the client’s culture on
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health care, this nurse is practicing client-focused care. Providing for basic needs does not
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5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical procedure. Which action does the
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nurse explain is the most important thing the client can do to protect against errors?
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Medication reconciliation is a formal process in which the client’s actual current medications are
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compared to the prescribed medications at the time of admission, transfer, or discharge. This
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to be responsible for providers washing their hands, and even if the client does so, this is too
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narrow to be the most important action to prevent errors. Keeping the provider’s phone number
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new nurse that which is the priority when working as a professional nurse?
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international organizations that have either recommended or mandated safety initiatives. Every vuvb vuvb vuvb v uv b v uv b vu vb vu vb v uv b vu vb v u vb
nurse has the responsibility to guard the client’s safety. The other actions are important for
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quality nursing, but they are not as vital as providing safety. Not making medication errors does
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provide safety, but is too narrow in scope to be the best answer.
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DIF: Understanding
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does the nurse provide to best help the client promote his or her own safety?
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client to be active in his or her health care as a safety partner is the most critical. The other
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3. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit. The client’s blood pressure
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demonstrate this competence. Simply telling the client about all upcoming tests is not
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5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical procedure. Which action does the
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b. Keep the provider’s phone number by the telephone. vuvb vuvb vuvb vuvb vuvb vuvb vuv b
c. Make sure that all providers wash hands before entering the room. vuvb vuvb vuvb vuvb vuvb vu vb vu vb vuvb vu vb vuvb
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Medication reconciliation is a formal process in which the client’s actual current medications are
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compared to the prescribed medications at the time of admission, transfer, or discharge. This
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National client Safety Goal is important to reduce medication errors. The client would not have
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to be responsible for providers washing their hands, and even if the client does so, this is too
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narrow to be the most important action to prevent errors. Keeping the provider’s phone number
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nearby and documenting everyone who enters the room also do not guarantee safety.
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