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NURS 550 Exam 1 with complete solutions 2024_2025.
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NURS 550 Exam 1 with complete solutions2024/2025
Safe environment includes meeting - ANSWER-- Basic needs
- Reducing physical hazards
- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
- Controlling pollution
Basic human needs - ANSWER-- Sufficient oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
Physical hazards - ANSWER-5th leading cause of death for Americans all ages
- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
- Poison
- Falls, 2nd leading cause
- Fire
Orthostatic hypotension - ANSWER-Decrease in systolic blood pressure of 20mm
Hg or decrease in diastolic of 10mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing when
compared to blood pressure from sitting
Factors influencing patient safety - ANSWER-- Mobility, sensory, and cognitive
status
- Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common safety precautions
Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks - ANSWER-Lead poisoning, poisoning and
choking, fire accidents, drowning, and head trauma
,School-age child risks - ANSWER-Sports related injuries, head injuries with bike
accidents
Adolescent risks - ANSWER-Automobile accidents, suicide, substance abuse,
risk-taking behaviors (smoking, drinking), unsafe sex
Adult risks - ANSWER-Lifestyle habits and related diseases, motor vehicle
accidents
Older adult risks - ANSWER-Due to physiological changes of aging process, falls
and other types of accidents
Individual Risk Factors - ANSWER-- Lifestyle
- Impaired Mobility
- Sensory Impairment
- Lack of Safety Awareness
- Economic resources
- Cognitive impairments
National Quality Forum mission - ANSWER-Improve the quality of health care in
America
SRE(Serious Reportable Events)
Nurses face Environmental risk - ANSWER-Chemicals found in meds, anesthetic
gas, cleaning solution, and disinfectants
Risks to patient's safety in health care environment - ANSWER-- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
- Workplace safety
Serious Reportable Events - ANSWER-- Surgical events
- Patient-protection events
- Care-management events
- Product or device events
- Criminal Events
- Environmental events
Nursing Process - ANSWER-Assessment:
, - Through patient's eyes
- Nursing history and examination
- Health care environment (risks)
- Patient's home environment assessment
Restraint use objectives - ANSWER-- Reduce risk of patient injury from falls
- Prevent interruption of therapy like IV infusions, catheterization
- Prevent patients who are confused from removing life-support
- Reduce risk of injury to others by patient
Physical Restraint - ANSWER-Only as a last resort
Chemical Restraint - ANSWER-Meds like anxiolytics and sedative to manage
behavior
Electronic bed monitoring device/Posey bed - ANSWER-Less restrictive than
chemical or physical restraints. Reduce the side effects such as pressure ulcers
and loss of dignity with physical.
RACE fire intervention - ANSWER-R: Rescue and remove all patients in
immediate danger
A: Activate the alarm
C: Confine the fire by closing doors and windows and turning off equipment
E: Extinguish the fire with extinguisher
How to use fire extinguisher (PASS) - ANSWER-P - *Pull* the pin
A - *Aim* at base of fire
S - *Squeeze* handle
S - *Sweep* extinguisher from side to side.
Personal hygiene influences - ANSWER-A patient's comfort, safety, and well
being.
Epidermis - ANSWER-Top layer of skin, shields underlying tissue
Dermis - ANSWER-Contains bundles of collagen, nerve fibers, blood vessels,
sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles
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