NSG 300 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔factors influencing patient safety - ✔✔lifestyle and workplace culture, impaired
mobility, sensory/cognitive/communication impairment
lack of safety awareness
✔✔hospital-related risks to safety - ✔✔procedure-related accidents
equipment-related accidents
chemical exposure
falls
✔✔examples of nursing diagnoses related to safety risks - ✔✔risk for injury
impaired cognition (confusion)
lack of knowledge
risk for poisoning
✔✔ways to prevent safety risks - ✔✔fall prevention, restraints and side rails
✔✔what type of accident is a medication error? - ✔✔procedure-related accident
✔✔how many side rails should you have up in a four-sided rail bed? - ✔✔2 (4 is
considered a restraint and can be a tripping hazard)
, ✔✔what color is a fall risk band? - ✔✔yellow
✔✔true or false: you must obtain a physician's order to use a restraint - ✔✔true
✔✔types of restraints: - ✔✔hand mitts, elbow restrains (freedom splint), belt or body
restraint, soft extremity restraint (ankles or wrists)
✔✔nursing-related interventions for restraints - ✔✔make sure hygiene and toilet needs
are taken care of at least every 2 hours, determine if restraints are needed or if
alternatives can be used, provide adequate padding, make sure no abrasions are under
restraints, neurovascular injury (remove restraints and stay with patient until provider
can come)
✔✔what are the links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔infectious agent, reservoir, portal of
exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
✔✔what are the components of inflammation (HIPER)? - ✔✔heat
induration
pain
edema
redness
✔✔what causes healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)? - ✔✔invasive procedures
antibiotic administration
multidrug-resistant organisms
breaks in infection prevention and control activities
✔✔nursing diagnoses related to potential infections - ✔✔risk for infection
impaired nutritional status: deficient food intake
impaired oral mucous membrane
social isolation
impaired tissue integrity
✔✔health promotion to avoid infection - ✔✔nutrition
hygiene
immunizations
adequate rest and exercise
✔✔what are standard precautions? - ✔✔barrier precautions (gloves, gowns, masks,
eyewear) depends on procedure, and be especially careful if there is a risk for blood
splash or if disease is unknown
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔factors influencing patient safety - ✔✔lifestyle and workplace culture, impaired
mobility, sensory/cognitive/communication impairment
lack of safety awareness
✔✔hospital-related risks to safety - ✔✔procedure-related accidents
equipment-related accidents
chemical exposure
falls
✔✔examples of nursing diagnoses related to safety risks - ✔✔risk for injury
impaired cognition (confusion)
lack of knowledge
risk for poisoning
✔✔ways to prevent safety risks - ✔✔fall prevention, restraints and side rails
✔✔what type of accident is a medication error? - ✔✔procedure-related accident
✔✔how many side rails should you have up in a four-sided rail bed? - ✔✔2 (4 is
considered a restraint and can be a tripping hazard)
, ✔✔what color is a fall risk band? - ✔✔yellow
✔✔true or false: you must obtain a physician's order to use a restraint - ✔✔true
✔✔types of restraints: - ✔✔hand mitts, elbow restrains (freedom splint), belt or body
restraint, soft extremity restraint (ankles or wrists)
✔✔nursing-related interventions for restraints - ✔✔make sure hygiene and toilet needs
are taken care of at least every 2 hours, determine if restraints are needed or if
alternatives can be used, provide adequate padding, make sure no abrasions are under
restraints, neurovascular injury (remove restraints and stay with patient until provider
can come)
✔✔what are the links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔infectious agent, reservoir, portal of
exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
✔✔what are the components of inflammation (HIPER)? - ✔✔heat
induration
pain
edema
redness
✔✔what causes healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)? - ✔✔invasive procedures
antibiotic administration
multidrug-resistant organisms
breaks in infection prevention and control activities
✔✔nursing diagnoses related to potential infections - ✔✔risk for infection
impaired nutritional status: deficient food intake
impaired oral mucous membrane
social isolation
impaired tissue integrity
✔✔health promotion to avoid infection - ✔✔nutrition
hygiene
immunizations
adequate rest and exercise
✔✔what are standard precautions? - ✔✔barrier precautions (gloves, gowns, masks,
eyewear) depends on procedure, and be especially careful if there is a risk for blood
splash or if disease is unknown
