Exam 38: Client Safety

A nurse working in an acute care facility's emergency department should recognize which of the following client reports as being most suspicious of a terrorist attack?

The nurse and a mother of two small children are discussing child safety issues.Which of the following nursing interventions has the greatest potential for using collaboration to help ensure the children's safety?

The nurse has investigated safety hazards and recognizes that which one of the following statements is accurate regarding safety needs?

The nurse assesses that the client may need a restraint and recognizes that:

A client who is experiencing a generalized clonic-tonic seizure is at greatest risk for injury caused by:

Which of the following nursing interventions has the greatest likelihood of minimizing the risk of injury for a client who frequently gets out of bed at night to go into the bathroom?

Which of the following clients who is experiencing the heat of mid-August is at greatest risk for heatstroke or heat exhaustion?

Which of the following clients is at greatest risk for injury related to medical diagnoses and conditions?

An inservice program is being offered in the hospital on bioterrorism and the response of the health care agency.An important aspect of the program is the recognition of the signs and symptoms of bacterial and viral infections.A practice drill is held and the nurse recognizes that the clients admitted with possible anthrax will demonstrate:

A client with a history of epilepsy arrives in the emergency department experiencing status epilepticus.The nurse should never do which of the following?

When discussing the new mother's pending discharge from the hospital,the nurse determines that additional client teaching needs to take place because of which of the following comments?

The nurse is discussing safety issues with the mother of three children.Which of the following statements has the greatest possibility for decreasing the potential for injury among the children?

Which of the following assessment findings is most critical in a client who is currently being restrained with mechanical wrist restraints?

The nurse is caring for a client with a history of epileptic seizures.The nursing assistive personnel notifies the nurse that the client is having a seizure.The first thing that the nurse should do when arriving in the room is to:

A nurse caring for an elderly client who has had surgery and is in the hospital knows that the client is at high risk for developing a nosocomial infection.One of the most important things that the nurse can do to prevent this client from obtaining a nosocomial infection is to:

A nurse in the emergency department (ED)of a community hospital notes that an unusually high number of clients have presented in the ED with flulike symptoms,abdominal pain,nausea,vomiting,bloody diarrhea,hematemesis and itching of the hands,forearms,and head.The nurse is concerned with bioterrorism,reports this to the supervisor,and suspects an outbreak of:

The nurse recognizes that the greatest benefit of engaging the mother of two small children into a discussion about child-proofing her home is that:

Which of the following statements indicates that the client is at risk for an electrical shock at home?

On entering the client's room,the nurse sees a fire burning in the trash can next to the bed.The nurse removes the client and calls in the fire.The next action of the nurse is to:

The nurse recognizes that the leading cause of death for the otherwise healthy 1-year-old is: