Ch. 27 Patient Safety and quality (NCLEX
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
A 4-year-old child is scheduled to receive an IV line. The most
appropriate type of restraint to use for this client to prevent removal of
the IV line would be a(n):
A.Wrist restraint
B.Jacket restraint
C.Elbow restraint
D.Mummy restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C) Elbow restraint
A 76-year-old client lives alone at home. Which of the following is the
highest priority question for his home health nurse to ask regarding his
safety?
A."Do you use softglow light bulbs in your front room lamps?"
B."At what temperature is your thermostat set?"
C."Why don't you consider selling your two-story home and buying a
house without stairs?"
D."Do any of your medications cause you to be physically unsteady?" -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) "Do any of your medications cause you
to be physically unsteady?"
A 79-year-old resident in a long-term care facility is known to "wander
at night" and has fallen in the past. Which of the following is the most
appropriate nursing intervention?
A.A loose abdominal restraint should be placed on the client during
sleeping hours.
,Ch. 27 Patient Safety and quality (NCLEX
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
B.The caregivers should check the client frequently during the night.
C.A radio should be left playing at the bedside to assist in reality
orientation.
D.Reassign the client to a room that is close to the nursing station. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) The caregivers should check the client
frequently during the night.
A child in the hospital starts to have a grand mal seizure while playing in
the playroom. What is your most important nursing intervention during
this situation?
A) Begin cardiopulmonary respiration.
B) Restrain the child to prevent injury.
C) Place a tongue blade over the tongue to prevent aspiration.
D) Clear the area around the child to protect the child from injury. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Clear the area around the child to
protect the child from injury.
A couple is with their adolescent daughter for a school physical and
state they are worried about all the safety risks affecting this age. What
is the greatest risk for injury for an adolescent?
A) Home accidents
B) Physiological changes of aging
C) Poisoning and child abduction
, Ch. 27 Patient Safety and quality (NCLEX
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
D) Automobile accidents, suicide and substance abuse - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔D) Automobile accidents, suicide and substance
abuse
A frantic grandmother calls the emergency room to report that her
grandson took some of her medicine and that she is unable to arouse
him. The nurse should instruct her to:
A.Induce vomiting with syrup of ipecac
B.Provide fluids to dilute the toxin
C.Hyperextend his head
D.Bring the medicine bottle to the hospital - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D) Bring the medicine bottle to the hospital
A parent calls the pediatrician's office frantic about the bottle of cleaner
that her 2-year-old son drank. Which of the following is the most
important instruction the nurse gives to this parent?
A) Give the child milk.
B) Give the child syrup of ipecac.
C) Call the poison control center.
D) Take the child to the emergency department. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔C) Call the poison control center.
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
A 4-year-old child is scheduled to receive an IV line. The most
appropriate type of restraint to use for this client to prevent removal of
the IV line would be a(n):
A.Wrist restraint
B.Jacket restraint
C.Elbow restraint
D.Mummy restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C) Elbow restraint
A 76-year-old client lives alone at home. Which of the following is the
highest priority question for his home health nurse to ask regarding his
safety?
A."Do you use softglow light bulbs in your front room lamps?"
B."At what temperature is your thermostat set?"
C."Why don't you consider selling your two-story home and buying a
house without stairs?"
D."Do any of your medications cause you to be physically unsteady?" -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) "Do any of your medications cause you
to be physically unsteady?"
A 79-year-old resident in a long-term care facility is known to "wander
at night" and has fallen in the past. Which of the following is the most
appropriate nursing intervention?
A.A loose abdominal restraint should be placed on the client during
sleeping hours.
,Ch. 27 Patient Safety and quality (NCLEX
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
B.The caregivers should check the client frequently during the night.
C.A radio should be left playing at the bedside to assist in reality
orientation.
D.Reassign the client to a room that is close to the nursing station. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) The caregivers should check the client
frequently during the night.
A child in the hospital starts to have a grand mal seizure while playing in
the playroom. What is your most important nursing intervention during
this situation?
A) Begin cardiopulmonary respiration.
B) Restrain the child to prevent injury.
C) Place a tongue blade over the tongue to prevent aspiration.
D) Clear the area around the child to protect the child from injury. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Clear the area around the child to
protect the child from injury.
A couple is with their adolescent daughter for a school physical and
state they are worried about all the safety risks affecting this age. What
is the greatest risk for injury for an adolescent?
A) Home accidents
B) Physiological changes of aging
C) Poisoning and child abduction
, Ch. 27 Patient Safety and quality (NCLEX
questions) Exam with 100% Solution
D) Automobile accidents, suicide and substance abuse - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔D) Automobile accidents, suicide and substance
abuse
A frantic grandmother calls the emergency room to report that her
grandson took some of her medicine and that she is unable to arouse
him. The nurse should instruct her to:
A.Induce vomiting with syrup of ipecac
B.Provide fluids to dilute the toxin
C.Hyperextend his head
D.Bring the medicine bottle to the hospital - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D) Bring the medicine bottle to the hospital
A parent calls the pediatrician's office frantic about the bottle of cleaner
that her 2-year-old son drank. Which of the following is the most
important instruction the nurse gives to this parent?
A) Give the child milk.
B) Give the child syrup of ipecac.
C) Call the poison control center.
D) Take the child to the emergency department. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔C) Call the poison control center.
