NURS 550 EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS KEY PRACTICE AREAS GRADED A+
Define Orthostatic hypotension
Decrease 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
- Mobility, sensory, and cognitive status
- Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common safety precautions
Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks
Lead poisoning, poisoning and choking, fire accidents, drowning, and head trauma
School-age child risks
Sports related injuries, head injuries with bike accidents
Adolescent risks
,Automobile accidents, suicide, substance abuse, risk-taking behaviors (smoking,
drinking), unsafe sex
Adult risks
Lifestyle habits and related diseases, motor vehicle accidents
Older adult risks
Due to physiological changes of aging process, falls and other types of accidents
Individual Risk Factors
- Lifestyle
- Impaired Mobility
- Sensory Impairment
- Lack of Safety Awareness
- Economic resources
- Cognitive impairments
Safe environment includes meeting
- Basic needs
,- Reducing physical hazards
- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
- Controlling pollution
Basic human needs
- Sufficient oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
Physical hazards
5th leading cause of death for Americans all ages
- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
- Poison
- Falls, 2nd leading cause
- Fire
National Quality Forum mission
Improve the quality of health care in America
SRE(Serious Reportable Events)
, Nurses face Environmental risk
Chemicals found in meds, anesthetic gas, cleaning solution, and disinfectants
Risks to patient's safety in health care environment
- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
- Workplace safety
Serious Reportable Events
- Surgical events
- Patient-protection events
- Care-management events
- Product or device events
- Criminal Events
- Environmental events
Nursing Process
ANSWERS KEY PRACTICE AREAS GRADED A+
Define Orthostatic hypotension
Decrease 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
- Mobility, sensory, and cognitive status
- Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common safety precautions
Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks
Lead poisoning, poisoning and choking, fire accidents, drowning, and head trauma
School-age child risks
Sports related injuries, head injuries with bike accidents
Adolescent risks
,Automobile accidents, suicide, substance abuse, risk-taking behaviors (smoking,
drinking), unsafe sex
Adult risks
Lifestyle habits and related diseases, motor vehicle accidents
Older adult risks
Due to physiological changes of aging process, falls and other types of accidents
Individual Risk Factors
- Lifestyle
- Impaired Mobility
- Sensory Impairment
- Lack of Safety Awareness
- Economic resources
- Cognitive impairments
Safe environment includes meeting
- Basic needs
,- Reducing physical hazards
- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
- Controlling pollution
Basic human needs
- Sufficient oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
Physical hazards
5th leading cause of death for Americans all ages
- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
- Poison
- Falls, 2nd leading cause
- Fire
National Quality Forum mission
Improve the quality of health care in America
SRE(Serious Reportable Events)
, Nurses face Environmental risk
Chemicals found in meds, anesthetic gas, cleaning solution, and disinfectants
Risks to patient's safety in health care environment
- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
- Workplace safety
Serious Reportable Events
- Surgical events
- Patient-protection events
- Care-management events
- Product or device events
- Criminal Events
- Environmental events
Nursing Process
