Exam 20: Patient Environment and Safety

When caring for a patient with acute radiation sickness (ARS) after an accident at an atomic power plant, the nurse should:

A nurse caring for a patient with a chair alarm will do which of the following interventions as recommended by the 2016 National Safety Goals to prevent alarm fatigue.

The home health nurse assessing the home for safety hazards notes a hazard that should be remedied is:

The nurse in a long-term facility who is making a fall assessment would identify the person most at risk for a fall to be a resident who:

An appropriate environmental nursing intervention for a patient with respiratory congestion is to:

A patient has left sided paralysis following a right-sided cerebrovascular accident (CVA). After completing a bed bath, the nurse should begin to change the sheets by:

A patient complains of not being able to sleep because of the noise in the hall at night. The nurse should:

Each resident admitted must have a fall risk assessment performed so that appropriate actions to prevent falls can be included in the nursing care plan. The items are considered when doing a fall risk assessment on a newly admitted resident include: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse clarifies to the worried family that the guiding principle for using protective devices is:

The best way to maintain safety measures relative to helping a patient get into bed is to:

An agitated resident who is seated in his wheelchair calls the nurse because the bed linens are smoldering. After moving the patient to the hall, the nurse should:

A diabetic patient has chronic peripheral vascular disease, which results in edema and poor circulation to her feet. She constantly complains of cold legs. The best nursing action is to provide:

The patient complains of an odor in his room that smells like something is rotting. The nurse makes an assessment of the room and:

Material safety data sheets (MSDS) are required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The nurse must:

A resident is confused and teary. She is threatening to leave the facility to return home. The nurse should:

Legal implications for using a protective device require thorough documentation and require that the nurse include: (Select all that apply.)

When the nurse is making an occupied bed, back safety indicates that the nurse should initially:

A nurse is instructing a nursing student about protective device use. The nurse recognizes the need for further instruction when the nursing student states, "I will:

The health care provider orders wrist protective devices for an agitated patient. To safely use this protective device, the nurse:

A nursing assistant on the day shift reports that he has raised the bed rails to keep an agitated patient from climbing out of bed. The nurse's best response to this information is: