Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
1. Which of the following events would require a nurse to When a
visitor sudden-
complete and file an incident report? The nurse
should
instruct the
mother to
immediatel
y:
2. A nurse, charting the administration of 5. A hurricane
medications to an assigned client at 9 pm, is forecast to
make
notes that atenolol (Tenormin) was
landfall in 48
prescribed to be administered at 9 am hours,
instead of 9 pm. The nurse checks the client's
vi- tal signs, completes an incident report, and
calls the physician to report the error. The
physician tells the nurse that an incident
report is not needed but in- structs her to
monitor the client during the night for
hypotension. What action should the nurse
take?
3. Contact precautions are initiated for a client
with me- thicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) infec- tion. The nurse, providing
instructions to a nursing assistant about caring
for the client, tells the assistant:
4. The mother of a 3-year-old calls a neighbor
who is a nurse and reports that her child
just drank some
window cleaner that had been stored in a cabinet.
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
y becomes weak and dizzy, the nurse checks the visitor's blood pres- sure wear gloves and a gown
and takes the visitor to the emergency depart- ment for treatment. when changing the
client's bed linen.
elling the health care provider that the error warrants the completion of an
incident report.
Call a poison control cen-
ter.
Activating the agency dis-
and the staff of the emergency department of an area aster
plan.
hospital is advised to prepare for causalities. Which
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
action should the nurse manager who receives
the telephone call regarding this warning
take first?
6. A home health nurse has instructed a client about safe- -I need to
follow the oxy-
ty measures during the use of an oxygen concentrator gen
prescription exactly."
in the home. Which statement by the client -I have to keep the
indicates to the nurse that the client has oxygen concentrator
understood the direc- tions? out of direct sunlight.
-I have to tell everyone
that they can't smoke
or have an open
flame within 10 feet of
the oxygen concen-
trator
7. A nurse is providing instructions to a nursing assistant Every 2
hours.
who will be caring for a client in hand
restraints. The nurse instructs the nursing
assistant to release the restraints to permit
muscle exercise:
8. A community health nurse working in a school setting Determining
the appropri-
is concerned because parents are not participating (Altace) 2.5
in health activities designed to promote child
safety. In this situation, the most
appropriate initial action is:
9. The nurse administers a dose of ramipril
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
teness of the planned health activity.
Ramipril (Altace) 2.5 mg
mg to a client at 9 am. While documenting administra- was
administered at 9 am.
tion of the medication, the nurse discovers that
1.25 mg, not 2.5 mg, was the prescribed dose.
The nurse assesses the client, completes an
incident report, and notifies the physician and
nursing supervisor of the er- ror. What
statement does the nurse add to the client's
record?
Questions With All Correct Answers
1. Which of the following events would require a nurse to When a
visitor sudden-
complete and file an incident report? The nurse
should
instruct the
mother to
immediatel
y:
2. A nurse, charting the administration of 5. A hurricane
medications to an assigned client at 9 pm, is forecast to
make
notes that atenolol (Tenormin) was
landfall in 48
prescribed to be administered at 9 am hours,
instead of 9 pm. The nurse checks the client's
vi- tal signs, completes an incident report, and
calls the physician to report the error. The
physician tells the nurse that an incident
report is not needed but in- structs her to
monitor the client during the night for
hypotension. What action should the nurse
take?
3. Contact precautions are initiated for a client
with me- thicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) infec- tion. The nurse, providing
instructions to a nursing assistant about caring
for the client, tells the assistant:
4. The mother of a 3-year-old calls a neighbor
who is a nurse and reports that her child
just drank some
window cleaner that had been stored in a cabinet.
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
y becomes weak and dizzy, the nurse checks the visitor's blood pres- sure wear gloves and a gown
and takes the visitor to the emergency depart- ment for treatment. when changing the
client's bed linen.
elling the health care provider that the error warrants the completion of an
incident report.
Call a poison control cen-
ter.
Activating the agency dis-
and the staff of the emergency department of an area aster
plan.
hospital is advised to prepare for causalities. Which
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
action should the nurse manager who receives
the telephone call regarding this warning
take first?
6. A home health nurse has instructed a client about safe- -I need to
follow the oxy-
ty measures during the use of an oxygen concentrator gen
prescription exactly."
in the home. Which statement by the client -I have to keep the
indicates to the nurse that the client has oxygen concentrator
understood the direc- tions? out of direct sunlight.
-I have to tell everyone
that they can't smoke
or have an open
flame within 10 feet of
the oxygen concen-
trator
7. A nurse is providing instructions to a nursing assistant Every 2
hours.
who will be caring for a client in hand
restraints. The nurse instructs the nursing
assistant to release the restraints to permit
muscle exercise:
8. A community health nurse working in a school setting Determining
the appropri-
is concerned because parents are not participating (Altace) 2.5
in health activities designed to promote child
safety. In this situation, the most
appropriate initial action is:
9. The nurse administers a dose of ramipril
, Module 6: Safety and Infection Control Exam
Questions With All Correct Answers
teness of the planned health activity.
Ramipril (Altace) 2.5 mg
mg to a client at 9 am. While documenting administra- was
administered at 9 am.
tion of the medication, the nurse discovers that
1.25 mg, not 2.5 mg, was the prescribed dose.
The nurse assesses the client, completes an
incident report, and notifies the physician and
nursing supervisor of the er- ror. What
statement does the nurse add to the client's
record?
