NURS 550 EXAM 1 2025 UPDATE |QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS| GET IT RIGHT!! EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

NURS 550 EXAM 1 2025 UPDATE |
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS| GET IT RIGHT!! EXAM
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025

 Safe environment includes meeting - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Basic needs
- Reducing physical hazards
- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
- Controlling pollution
 Basic human needs - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Sufficient oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
 Physical hazards - CORRECT-ANSWERS5th leading cause of death for Americans all
ages
- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
- Poison
- Falls, 2nd leading cause
- Fire
 Orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT-ANSWERSDecrease in systolic blood pressure of
20mm Hg or decrease in diastolic of 10mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing when
compared to blood pressure from sitting
 Factors influencing patient safety - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Mobility, sensory, and
cognitive status

, - Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common safety precautions
 Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks - CORRECT-ANSWERSLead poisoning, poisoning
and choking, fire accidents, drowning, and head trauma
 School-age child risks - CORRECT-ANSWERSSports related injuries, head injuries with
bike accidents
 Adolescent risks - CORRECT-ANSWERSAutomobile accidents, suicide, substance
abuse, risk-taking behaviors (smoking, drinking), unsafe sex
 Adult risks - CORRECT-ANSWERSLifestyle habits and related diseases, motor vehicle
accidents
 Older adult risks - CORRECT-ANSWERSDue to physiological changes of aging
process, falls and other types of accidents
 Individual Risk Factors - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Lifestyle
- Impaired Mobility
- Sensory Impairment
- Lack of Safety Awareness
- Economic resources
- Cognitive impairments
 National Quality Forum mission - CORRECT-ANSWERSImprove the quality of health
care in America
 SRE(Serious Reportable Events)
 Nurses face Environmental risk - CORRECT-ANSWERSChemicals found in meds,
anesthetic gas, cleaning solution, and disinfectants
 Risks to patient's safety in health care environment - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
- Workplace safety
 Serious Reportable Events - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Surgical events
- Patient-protection events
- Care-management events

, - Product or device events
- Criminal Events
- Environmental events
 Nursing Process - CORRECT-ANSWERSAssessment:
- Through patient's eyes
- Nursing history and examination
- Health care environment (risks)
- Patient's home environment assessment
 Restraint use objectives - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Reduce risk of patient injury from
falls
- Prevent interruption of therapy like IV infusions, catheterization
- Prevent patients who are confused from removing life-support
- Reduce risk of injury to others by patient
 Physical Restraint - CORRECT-ANSWERSOnly as a last resort
 Chemical Restraint - CORRECT-ANSWERSMeds like anxiolytics and sedative to
manage behavior
 Electronic bed monitoring device/Posey bed - CORRECT-ANSWERSLess restrictive
than chemical or physical restraints. Reduce the side effects such as pressure ulcers and
loss of dignity with physical.
 RACE fire intervention - CORRECT-ANSWERSR: Rescue and remove all patients in
immediate danger
 A: Activate the alarm
 C: Confine the fire by closing doors and windows and turning off equipment
 E: Extinguish the fire with extinguisher
 How to use fire extinguisher (PASS) - CORRECT-ANSWERSP - *Pull* the pin


 A - *Aim* at base of fire


 S - *Squeeze* handle


 S - *Sweep* extinguisher from side to side.