Nursing 230- Exam 2

NURSING 230- EXAM 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% PASS (A+) Organizations that promote safety - Answer CDC, NVHS, NCIPIC, TJC, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Factors affecting safety - Answer Lifestyle choices, body systems, lifespan, environmental, patient safety concerns Lifespan safety issues- infants - Answer Aspiration, suffocation, poisoning, burns, MVA's, and falls Lifespan safety issues- children - Answer Drowning, firearms, play injuries, burns, poisoning Lifespan safety issues- adolescents - Answer MVA's, exposure to inappropriate information on social media, suicide, trafficking Lifespan safety issues- adults - Answer Workplace hazards, MVA's, substance use, suicude Lifespan safety issues- older adult - Answer Environmental hazards and physical reconditioning Environmental safety issues - Answer Fires, pollution, lighting/ obstacles, communicable diseases, workplace hazards, poisoning, firearms, abuse, bioterrorism, choking, drowning Patient safety concerns - Answer Falls, restraints, fires, medication administration errors, radiation, drug-resistant microorganisms, procedural errors Safety assessment - Answer Safety risks should be assessed in addition to health history and the physical assessment Fall risk assessment - Answer Should be performed to establish a baseline and repeated daily or when a change in the patient's condition occurs Nursing Diagnosis- safety - Answer Risk for injury: supporting data Risk for fall: supporting data Risk for poisoning: supporting data Planning- safety - Answer Consider critical assessment findings, develop individualized patient-centered interventions and goals Safety interventions - Answer Patient education and safety promotion, collaborating with other members of the health care team and with resources in the community, fall prevention, fire safety, safe medication administration, reduction of pathogen transmission Guidelines for patient safety - Answer Is there a fall risk, are alternative solutions available, is the patient confused, is there a disability or body-positioning requirement, is the patient violent, will the patient get out of bed without supervision Security issues and disaster events - Answer Nurses must be aware of the facilities plans for managing disasters and security issues Security issues: bomb, active shooter, infant abductions Disaster: internal: loss of electricity, computer problems External: weather, transportation Prevention of healthcare worker injuries -