Exam 24: Promoting Safety

While teaching a safety session at the local library, the nurse emphasizes that according to the National Weather Service, the leading cause of weather-related fatalities is:

Which aspect of restraint use can the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

The nurse is teaching a safety class for campers. Which statements by the participants indicate understanding of the safety measures against ticks? Select all that apply.

The nurse suspects a 3-year-old child who is coughing vigorously has aspirated a small object. Which action should the nurse take first?

While working with an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) in a local nursing home, the nurse knows which fall risk and prevention measures may be delegated to the UAP? Select all that apply.

The nurse instructing a new parent on the proper positioning of the infant car seat will explain that the child may be positioned forward facing in an automobile at which age?

The nurse will teach the client that the most common cause(s) of death related to a house fire is/are:

The nurse is working in a doctor's office. Which annual assessment test would the nurse schedule for a 75-year-old patient?

The quality and risk nurse in the local hospital is performing a hospital survey on sentinel events. Which statement would the nurse use to best describe a sentinel event?

While eating in the hospital cafeteria, the nurse sees a visitor display the "universal sign of choking." Which action should the nurse take first?

A male patient in the emergency department is angry, yelling, cursing, and waving both arms when the nurse comes to the treatment cubicle. Which action by the nurse is advisable?

The community health nurse is making a presentation on carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at the neighborhood health fair. Which information will the nurse include in the presentation? Select all that apply.

The mother of 6-year-old twins says to the pediatric nurse, "My husband and I keep a gun in our home. Do you have any safety tips for us?" The most appropriate responses by the nurse are which of the following? Select all that apply.

Which points should the nurse include when teaching safety precautions to the mother of a toddler? Select all that apply.

Which instruction is most important for the nurse to include when teaching a mother of a 3-year-old about protecting her child against accidental poisoning?

Physiological changes associated with aging place the older adult especially at risk for which nursing diagnosis?

The nurse on the pediatric unit is preparing a teaching plan related to small children and drowning. Which sources of drowning will the nurse include in the plan? Select all that apply.

The nurse is preparing to write the nursing progress notes for a patient who has wrist restraints. Which chart entries will the nurse include in the progress notes? Select all that apply.

During a thermometer exchange program at a local hospital, a person drops a mercury thermometer on the floor. How should the trained nurse intervene? Select all that apply.

A patient is brought to the emergency department after inhaling mercury. The nurse should be alert for which acute adverse effects associated with mercury inhalation?