Nursing Concepts Exam 2 Questions With
Correct Answers
How many identity checks should you do with a patient? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-2
What are the Hospital National Patient Safety Goals and who makes them? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-These come out every year by the joint commission
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(crediting agency for healthcare)
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EXAMPLES:
-Identify patients correctly
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-Improve staff communication
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-Use medicines safely
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-Prevent infection
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-Use alarms safely
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-Identify patient safety risks
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-Prevent mistakes in surgery
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The Institution of Medicine addresses ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Safety
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,What does the error is human mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Errors are made
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but are not simply based on the nurse who made them, risk management looks
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at all factors. What is most important is to document!
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What is QSEN? Name the 5 parts! - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Quality and Safety
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Education for Nurses | | |
*PART OF THE CARE PLAN! | | | | |
-Safety and quality: having signs on the doors, signs on ceilings to tell patients not
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|to get up
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-Use of informatics: how is informatics used on my patient?, scanning bracelets,
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MAR |
-EBP: evidence based practice. Find an article that backs up a particular practice
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on my unit that says it is good
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-Teamwork and collaboration: Patient care is a collaboration, there are many
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people looking/working with the same patient, also include patient and their
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families |
-Patient centered care: how do I provide patient centered care? Give them
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autonomy/choices, talk to your patient and be real, don't always have to have | | | | | | | | | | | | |
papers and stethoscope with you. Be genuine, ask for their preferences
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,Should nurses report any suspicion of abuse of their patients? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Yes, nurses are LEGALLY BOUND to report any suspicions of abuse
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Developmental stages and the risks associated with them - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-INFANT: greatest risk for home accidents! poisoning, choking,
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parents should know CPR, head bigger than their body, learning to sit up, crawl
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TODDLER/PRESCHOOLER: are they looking both ways before crossing the street? | | | | | | | | | |
wearing a helmet? | | |
SCHOOL AGED: run with scissors, unbuckle their seat belts in the car
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ADOLESCENT: think they are invincible, driving, alcohol, drugs, eating disorders,
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suicide |
ADULT: automobile accidents, suicide, substance abuse, smoking, risky behavior
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OLDER ADULT: fall risks, poor nutrition, no energy/lack of activity, depression,
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lose their senses, etc.
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What developmental stage has the greatest risk for home accidents? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Infants!
What age group is most at risk for falls? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-INFANTS!!!
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because parents drop them or they roll off beds/changing tables
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, What are the categories of the individual risk factors for health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Lifestyle: smoking, drinking, drugs, diet, job environment | | | | | |
Impaired mobility: elderly, injured
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Sensory or communication impairment: can't feel, talk, see, hear
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Lack of safety awareness: don't assume your patients know basic safety things.
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make sure your patient is motivated. educate!
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What are the 4 variables that increase the chance for error? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--short staffing |
-distractions (ex: giving medicine to a patient and a patients mom barges in and
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has 500 questions)
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-high patient acuity (lots of critical patients)
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-long shifts |
What is the Speak Up campaign and what organization came up with it? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CMS |
An organization that empowers patients to speak up by being more part of their
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own care, asking questions, know what is going on
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What is NQF? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Campaigns for improving the quality of
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healthcare in America, they help build standards and policies
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Correct Answers
How many identity checks should you do with a patient? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-2
What are the Hospital National Patient Safety Goals and who makes them? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-These come out every year by the joint commission
| | | | | | | | | |
(crediting agency for healthcare)
| | | |
EXAMPLES:
-Identify patients correctly
| |
-Improve staff communication
| |
-Use medicines safely
| |
-Prevent infection
|
-Use alarms safely
| |
-Identify patient safety risks
| | |
-Prevent mistakes in surgery
| | |
The Institution of Medicine addresses ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Safety
| | | | | | | |
,What does the error is human mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Errors are made
| | | | | | | | | | | |
but are not simply based on the nurse who made them, risk management looks
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
at all factors. What is most important is to document!
| | | | | | | | |
What is QSEN? Name the 5 parts! - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Quality and Safety
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Education for Nurses | | |
*PART OF THE CARE PLAN! | | | | |
-Safety and quality: having signs on the doors, signs on ceilings to tell patients not
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|to get up
| |
-Use of informatics: how is informatics used on my patient?, scanning bracelets,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
MAR |
-EBP: evidence based practice. Find an article that backs up a particular practice
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
on my unit that says it is good
| | | | | | | |
-Teamwork and collaboration: Patient care is a collaboration, there are many
| | | | | | | | | | |
people looking/working with the same patient, also include patient and their
| | | | | | | | | | |
families |
-Patient centered care: how do I provide patient centered care? Give them
| | | | | | | | | | | |
autonomy/choices, talk to your patient and be real, don't always have to have | | | | | | | | | | | | |
papers and stethoscope with you. Be genuine, ask for their preferences
| | | | | | | | | |
,Should nurses report any suspicion of abuse of their patients? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Yes, nurses are LEGALLY BOUND to report any suspicions of abuse
| | | | | | | | | |
Developmental stages and the risks associated with them - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-INFANT: greatest risk for home accidents! poisoning, choking,
| | | | | | | |
parents should know CPR, head bigger than their body, learning to sit up, crawl
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
TODDLER/PRESCHOOLER: are they looking both ways before crossing the street? | | | | | | | | | |
wearing a helmet? | | |
SCHOOL AGED: run with scissors, unbuckle their seat belts in the car
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ADOLESCENT: think they are invincible, driving, alcohol, drugs, eating disorders,
| | | | | | | | | |
suicide |
ADULT: automobile accidents, suicide, substance abuse, smoking, risky behavior
| | | | | | | | |
OLDER ADULT: fall risks, poor nutrition, no energy/lack of activity, depression,
| | | | | | | | | | |
lose their senses, etc.
| | |
What developmental stage has the greatest risk for home accidents? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Infants!
What age group is most at risk for falls? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-INFANTS!!!
| | | | | | | | | | | |
because parents drop them or they roll off beds/changing tables
| | | | | | | | |
, What are the categories of the individual risk factors for health? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Lifestyle: smoking, drinking, drugs, diet, job environment | | | | | |
Impaired mobility: elderly, injured
| | | |
Sensory or communication impairment: can't feel, talk, see, hear
| | | | | | | | |
Lack of safety awareness: don't assume your patients know basic safety things.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
make sure your patient is motivated. educate!
| | | | | |
What are the 4 variables that increase the chance for error? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--short staffing |
-distractions (ex: giving medicine to a patient and a patients mom barges in and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
has 500 questions)
| |
-high patient acuity (lots of critical patients)
| | | | | | |
-long shifts |
What is the Speak Up campaign and what organization came up with it? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CMS |
An organization that empowers patients to speak up by being more part of their
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
own care, asking questions, know what is going on
| | | | | | | |
What is NQF? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Campaigns for improving the quality of
| | | | | | | | | | |
healthcare in America, they help build standards and policies
| | | | | | | |
