NUR 221 EXAM 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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NUR 221
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NUR 221
NUR 221 EXAM 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY
3 Examples of Basic Human Needs
Oxygen, Nutrition, Shelter (Temperature)
What populations are vulnerable to temperature?
older adults and infant
What is the leading cause of u...
Who is at greater risk for car accidents?
-16-19 year olds
-older adults
Who is at risk for poisoning?
-children (accidental ingestion)
-older adults (forgetfully take double medication)
What do we do to reduce falls in the hospital?
Bed Alarms
What is the biggest cause of fire in the hospital?
smoking
What is the biggest way to prevent the spreading of pathogens?
proper handwashing
What is a hospital acquired infection?
nosocomial infection
What risks accompany infants, toddlers, and preschoolers?
-poisoning
, What risks accompany school aged children?
-school violence (bullying)
What risks accompany adolescence?
-testing boundaries, drug/alcohol experimentation
What risks accompany adulthood?
-lifestyle habits (smoking and stress)
What risking accompany old age?
-falls/ injury
-driving
-poisoning
What 3 factors affect patient safety?
-environmental safety
-individual risk factors
-risk in health care agencies
What are some examples of individual risk factors?
-workplace culture (ie a hospital that doesn't take fall risk seriously)
-lifestyle (smoking, alcohol, etc)
-impaired mobility
-sensory, cognitive, or communication impairment
-economic resources
-lack of safety awareness
Examples of a procedure related accident
-going against a hospital policy/procedure
-ex- how to put in a catheter, how to give medication
What is an equipment related accident?
-issues with a piece of equipment that needs repair and you continue to use it
What are risk for falls in the home?
-poor lighting
-area rugs
Does restraining people put them at risk for injury?
yes, both for skin breakdown and injury
What is restorative care?
Getting your patient their strengths back
How many side rails are you allowed to have up on your patient?
3 maximum, 4 is considered restraint
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