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Chapter 01: Overview of Professional Nursing Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing
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Ignatavicius: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Edition
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1. A new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The preceptor
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c. Not making medication errors
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All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However, ensuring client
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r safety is thepriority. Health care errors have been widely reported for 25 years, many
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r of which result inclient injury, death, and increased health care costs. There are
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r several national and international organizations that have either recommendedor
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Every nurse has the responsibility to guard the client’s safety. The other actions are
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important for quality nursing, but they are not as vital as providing safety. Not making
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medication errorsdoes provide safety, but is too narrow in scope to be the best answer.
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DIF: Understanding TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process:
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InterventionKEY: Client safety
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MSC: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection
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2. A nurse is orienting a new client and family to the medical-surgical unit. What
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r informationdoes the nurse provide to best help the client promote his or her own
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safety?
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a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
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b. Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
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c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the client.
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d. Tell the client to always wear his or her armband.
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Each action could be important for the client or family to perform. However,
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r encouraging the client to be active in his or her health care as a safety partner is the
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MSC: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection
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3. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit. The client’s blood
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pressure was 142/76 mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What
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r action would the nursetake first?
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a. Call the Rapid Response Team.
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c. Notify the primary health care provider.
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d. Repeat the blood pressure in 15 minutes.
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