NSG 3100 EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% VERIFIED | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• patient safety -✓✓ protecting patients from preventable harm while receiving
healthcare
• factors of patient safety -✓✓ -older age
-osteoporosis
-vision
-poor balance
-slow reflexes
-ON MEDICATION
• nursing interventions (patient safety) -✓✓ - frequent rounding
-bed alarm on
-keep familiar things by
• medication risk (patient safety) -✓✓ - sedatives
-sleep medication
-narcotics (confusion, dizziness)
-diuretics (frequent urination)
- tranquilizers
- blood pressure medication
• environmental hazards (patient safety) -✓✓ - wet floors
- clutter
,- loose cords or Iv's
- poor lighting
• sentinel events (patient safety) -✓✓ -wrong site surgery
-wrong blood transfusion
-patient suicide
-infant discharge to wrong family
• near miss (patient safety) -✓✓ event that could have harmed the patient but was
caught in time
- ex: nurse scans medication, but realizes it belongs to different patient
• joint commission & national patent safety goals (patient safety) -✓✓ develops
safety standards for healthcare organizations
- TWO PATIENT IDENTIFIER (name and DOB)
• a nurse enters a patient's room and notices water spilled on the floor. What should
the nurse do first?
A. Ask housekeeping to clean it later.
B. Continue assessing the patient.
C. Clean or block off the spill immediately.
D. Tell the patient to avoid the area. -✓✓ C. Clean or block off the spill
immediately
• which patient is at the highest risk for a fall?
A. A 24-year-old with a sprained ankle.
, B. A 45-year-old with seasonal allergies.
C. An 82-year-old who received morphine after hip surgery.
D. A 30-year-old with a wrist fracture. -✓✓ C. An 82- year old who received
morphine after hip surgery
• which actions promote patient safety?
☐ Use two patient identifiers before giving medications.
☐ Leave the bed in the highest position for easier access.
☐ Keep the call light within reach.
☐ Remove clutter from walkways.
☐ Encourage a confused patient to walk alone. -✓✓ - Use two patient identifiers
before giving medication
- keep call light within reach
- remove clutter from walkways
• why are falls important? -✓✓ falls are the LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY in
hospitals
• what is a fall? -✓✓ an event where a patient unintentionally comes to rest on the
floor, ground, or lower surface.
- slipping in bathroom
- falling out of bed
- sliding from wheelchair
- collapsing while walking
• most at risk for falls? -✓✓ -age (balance, vision, multiple medications)
UPDATE | 100% VERIFIED | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• patient safety -✓✓ protecting patients from preventable harm while receiving
healthcare
• factors of patient safety -✓✓ -older age
-osteoporosis
-vision
-poor balance
-slow reflexes
-ON MEDICATION
• nursing interventions (patient safety) -✓✓ - frequent rounding
-bed alarm on
-keep familiar things by
• medication risk (patient safety) -✓✓ - sedatives
-sleep medication
-narcotics (confusion, dizziness)
-diuretics (frequent urination)
- tranquilizers
- blood pressure medication
• environmental hazards (patient safety) -✓✓ - wet floors
- clutter
,- loose cords or Iv's
- poor lighting
• sentinel events (patient safety) -✓✓ -wrong site surgery
-wrong blood transfusion
-patient suicide
-infant discharge to wrong family
• near miss (patient safety) -✓✓ event that could have harmed the patient but was
caught in time
- ex: nurse scans medication, but realizes it belongs to different patient
• joint commission & national patent safety goals (patient safety) -✓✓ develops
safety standards for healthcare organizations
- TWO PATIENT IDENTIFIER (name and DOB)
• a nurse enters a patient's room and notices water spilled on the floor. What should
the nurse do first?
A. Ask housekeeping to clean it later.
B. Continue assessing the patient.
C. Clean or block off the spill immediately.
D. Tell the patient to avoid the area. -✓✓ C. Clean or block off the spill
immediately
• which patient is at the highest risk for a fall?
A. A 24-year-old with a sprained ankle.
, B. A 45-year-old with seasonal allergies.
C. An 82-year-old who received morphine after hip surgery.
D. A 30-year-old with a wrist fracture. -✓✓ C. An 82- year old who received
morphine after hip surgery
• which actions promote patient safety?
☐ Use two patient identifiers before giving medications.
☐ Leave the bed in the highest position for easier access.
☐ Keep the call light within reach.
☐ Remove clutter from walkways.
☐ Encourage a confused patient to walk alone. -✓✓ - Use two patient identifiers
before giving medication
- keep call light within reach
- remove clutter from walkways
• why are falls important? -✓✓ falls are the LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY in
hospitals
• what is a fall? -✓✓ an event where a patient unintentionally comes to rest on the
floor, ground, or lower surface.
- slipping in bathroom
- falling out of bed
- sliding from wheelchair
- collapsing while walking
• most at risk for falls? -✓✓ -age (balance, vision, multiple medications)
