NUR 660 SAFETY INFECTION CONTROL QUESTION AND ANSWERS

NUR 660 SAFETY INFECTION CONTROL QUESTION AND ANSWERS To prepare the community for the possible threat of anthrax, a nurse must teach that: A client with moderate Alzheimer's-related dementia is being prepared for discharge. What statement by the caregiver demonstrates that discharge teaching about client safety has been effective? While ambulating, a client who had an open cholecystectomy complains of feeling dizzy and then falls to the floor. After attending to the client, a nurse completes an incident report. Which action by the nurse should the charge nurse correct? A nurse is teaching a client with a long leg cast how to use crutches properly while descending a staircase. The nurse should tell the client to transfer body weight to the unaffected leg, and then: A client is in Buck's traction after fracturing his right hip. The nurse should include which action in the care plan? 2. Maintaining the bed in the knee-Gatch position 3. Keeping the client in semi-Fowler's position The nurse-manager of a 20-bed coronary care unit is off duty when a staff nurse makes a serious medication error. The client, who received an overdose of medication, nearly dies. Which statement accurately reflects the nurse-manager's accountability? A client with myasthenia gravis is receiving continuous mechanical ventilation. When the high-pressure alarm on the ventilator sounds, what should the nurse do? A nurse places a client in full leather restraints. How often must the nurse check the client's circulation? A nurse uses Nitrazine paper to determine whether a pregnant client's membranes have ruptured. If the membranes have ruptured, the paper will turn which color? A client in the manic phase of bipolar disorder arrives at the outpatient psychiatric clinic. To help the client manage a manic episode, the nurse should suggest that she: