RNSG 1213 Module 6

RNSG 1213 Module 6 Which event would require a nurse to complete and file an incident report? A. The nurse determines that a client would benefit from the use of a walker to ambulate. B. When a visitor suddenly becomes weak and dizzy, the nurse checks the visitor’s blood pressure and takes the visitor to the emergency department for treatment. Correct C. The nurse, preparing an intravenous infusion, notes that the battery of an intravenous infusion pump is not working. D. A client has a seizure. A nurse, charting the administration of medications to an assigned client at 9 pm, notes that atenolol was prescribed to be administered at 9 am instead of 9 pm. The nurse checks the client’s vital signs, completes an incident report, and calls the primary health care provider to report the error. The primary health care provider tells the nurse that an incident report is not needed but instructs her to monitor the client during the night for hypotension. What action should the nurse take? A. Notify the nursing supervisor B. Tell the nursing supervisor that the primary health care provider did not want an incident report completed and filed C. Tell the primary health care provider that the error warrants the completion of an incident report Correct D. Tear up and discard the incident report Contact precautions are initiated for a client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. What does the nurse, providing instructions to a nursing assistant about caring for the client, tell the assistant?