POINT Safety Test
A home care nurse provides health education to parents regarding the care of their toddler. Which precaution should the nurse suggest the parents take to protect the toddler from drowning?
Avoid unattended baths for the toddler
A school nurse is providing information to a group of older adults during Fire Prevention Week. Which statement is CORRECT regarding fires in the home?
Most people who die in house fires die of smoke inhalation, rather than burns.
A nurse is educating the family caregiver of an older adult client about measures to promote client safety in the home. What would be MOST appropriate to include?
"Keep all medications within the client's reach."
Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching plan for a family that is learning about fire safety?
"Most people who die in home fire die from inhalation and not from burns."
A nurse is caring for older adult clients. Which is the MOST important safety issue in older clients?
Accidental falls
An acronym RACE is commonly taught as a means for remembering priorities for action during a fire. The "A" in this acronym stands for which of the following?
Activate the fire alarm and notify the appropriate person.
The nurse is caring for an adult client on prescribed bed rest who repeatedly attempts to get out of bed, despite instructions to remain there. Which initial intervention is appropriate?
Assess for the need to urinate
A nurse making a home visit for a client living in a high-crime area observes that the apartment building does not have outside lighting. The nurse understands this is an important assessment for which reason?
Assessment includes risk factors in the home including individual risk and unsafe environment
The nurse is teaching the parents of a teenager about safety. Which teaching will the nurse include?
Be alert for sings of peer pressure
A child is learning to ride a bicycle. He should be instructed to use which of the following protective devices?
Helmet
Health care workers may be exposed to a common occupational injury such as:
Inadvertent needlestick
A nurse is providing instructions to the mother of a toddler regarding the prevention of burn injuries in the toddler. Which instruction is the priority to provide to the mother?
Keep coffee cups on the counter above the child's reach
Which topics should be included in an education plan for preventing falls in the home?
Keep electrical and telephone cords against the wall and out of walkways. Use a nightlight Avoid climbing on chair or table to reach items that are too high Remove clutter from walkways
Which topic should a public health nurse emphasize when educating older adults on reducing their risk of poisoning?
Keeping medications in clearly labeled containers
During a course on terrorism, a group of emergency room nurses learns about terrorists who use bombs or other explosives to inflict injury on numerous people and cause multiple fatalities. This is an example of:
Mass trauma terrorism
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving an intravenous therapy through an IV pump. Which intervention should the nurse implement to ensure electrical safety?
Obtain a three-prong grounded plug adapter
What is the rationale for health care personnel to orient clients to rooms and equipment when they are admitted to the hospital?
Orienting clients to the surrounding decreases the potential for injury
A client in a long-term care facility has become increasingly unsteady. The nurses are worried that the client will climb out of bed and fall. Which of the following measures would be a high priority recommendation for this client?
Placing the client in a bed with a bed alarm
A nurse responds to the call bell and finds another nurse evacuating the client from the room, which has caught fire. Which action should the nurse take?
Pull the fire alarm lever
An older adult client is planning to move with her son and daughter-in-law into a bigger apartment. The son asks the nurse for some tips to keep his mother safe. What would the nurse MOST likely include?
Put a small nightlight in the hall and stairs
A nurse smells smoke and subsequently discovers a fire in a garbage can in a common area on the hospital unit. What is the nurse's PRIORITY action in this situation?
Rescue anyone who is in immediate danger
A nurse finds that a fire has broken out in a client's room at the health car facility. Which of the following interventions is of the highest priority?
Rescue the client
A nurse is preparing discharge education for a client with a newborn baby. What is the highest PRIORITY item that must be included in the education plan?
Restrain the baby in a car seat
What generalization can be made about safety in client care?
Safety is paramount concern underlying all nursing care
A nurse is preparing to file a safety event report after a client experienced a fall. Which statement is correct regarding the filling of a safety event report?
The nurse should record the incident in the client's medical record and fill out a safety event report separately
A team of inner city school nurses attends a community conference on child safety during the summer months. What would be the PRIORITY health outcome that these nurses would expect to achieve in summer school?
The students will demonstrate proper use of safety equipment while playing sports
An 17-year-old is brought to the emergency department with a head injury. The nurse knows that adolescents are vulnerable to injuries related to:
automobile accidents
A school nurse is aware of poisoning risks in the adolescent population. Poisoning in this age is MOST often related to:
experimentation with drugs and inhalants