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Tarrant County College RNSG 1413 Foundations of Nursing Exam 1 Q&A 1. Discuss the Joint Commission’s formal recommendations for hospitals to reduce the risk of patient falls. (Perry & Potter, 2017, pg. 390). TJC recommends that hospitals have formal fall reduction program which includes:...

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Exam 1 Q&A


1. Discuss the Joint Commission’s formal

recommendations for hospitals to reduce the risk

of patient falls. (Perry & Potter, 2017, pg. 390).

TJC recommends that hospitals have formal fall reduction
program

which includes:

• A fall risk assessment of every patient and conducted
routinely

until a patient discharge.

• Hourly rounding to reduce falls.
• Apply yellow color-coded wristbands to patients’ wrists to
communicate to all health care providers that a patient is a
fall risk.

• Establish elimination schedules.
• Placement of a fall pad on the floor along the bed
• Bed safety alarms or motion detectors.
• Gait belt provides a secure way to steady or guide patients
who need assistance with ambulation when transferring or
walking.

• When a patient uses an aide such as walker, cane, crutches,
it’s important to check the condition of rubber tips and
the integrity

of the aid. Also be sure patients use their devices correctly.

• Remove excess furniture and equipment.

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,• make sure that patients wear rubber-soled shoes or
slippers for walking or transferring.

• Safety bars near toilets
• Locks on beds and wheelchairs
• Call lights are additional safety features.

2. Discuss how the adrenal corticosteroids (i.e.,

steroids); and, cytotoxic and antineoplastic drugs

increase a patient’s risk for infection. (Perry &

Potter, 2019, pg. 450).

• Adrenal corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory drugs that cause
protein

breakdown and impair the inflammatory response

against bacteria and other pathogens.

• Cytotoxic and antineoplastic drugs attack cancer cells but also
cause

the side effects of bone marrow depression and

normal cell toxicity, which affects the response of

body against pathogens, therefore making the body

more susceptible to infection.



3. List several reasons why patient education is one

of the most important nursing interventions in any

health care setting. (Perry & Potter, 2017, pp. 336-

337). (Note: This is threaded content).

• The goal of educating others about their health is to help

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, individuals, families, or communities to achieve optimal
levels of health.

• It is an essential component to patient centered care.

• Providing education about preventive health care helps
reduce costs and hardships on individuals and those
surrounding them.




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, • Comprehensive patient education includes 3 important

purposes, each involving a separate phase of health care:

health promotion and illness prevention, health

restoration and coping.




4. Compare and contrast the difference between

primary, secondary and tertiary preventive

levels of care. (Perry & Potter, 2017, pp. 71-

72).

(Note: This is threaded content).

• Primary Prevention is true prevention. Health education

programs, immunizations, nutritional programs, and fitness

activities. (has not happened yet, preventative action.).

• Secondary Prevention focuses on those who are

experience health problems and are at risk for developing

complications or worsening conditions. Try to enable the

patient to return to a normal level of health as early as

possible. Includes screening techniques, treating early stages

of a disease to limit disability. (has disease, trying to

prevent it from getting worse and try to return

patient back to health).

• Tertiary Prevention occurs when a defect or disability is

permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the

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