Nursing foundations PrepU exam 1

Which clients are most at risk for falling due to altered mobility? Select all that apply.

A client with a spinal cord injury An older adult client with an unsteady gait A client who requires crutches in unfamiliar health care settings

Which safety tip could the nurse give to parents to help decrease the risk of the leading cause of injury or death in children 1 to 4 years of age?

Always provide close supervision for young children when they are in or around pools and bathtubs."

A client is brought to the emergency department after inhaling a substance suspected to be anthrax from the contents of an envelope. What symptoms experienced by the client would the nurse correlate with this substance?

Cough, dyspnea, and fatigue

he nurse is teaching an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) about fire safety. Which UAP statement requires immediate nursing intervention?

Only certain members of the health care team can extinguish a fire."

The nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed extremity restraints. Which action must be documented by the nurse?

The alternative measures attempted before applying the restraints

A nurse is filing a safety event report for an older adult client who tripped and fell when getting out of bed. Which action exemplifies an accurate step of this process?

The nurse details the client's response and the examination and treatment of the client after the incident.

Which Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) are nursing actions based on the QSEN competency of quality improvement? Select all that apply.

The nurse manager schedules a meeting of staff to review client outcomes on the hospital ward. The nurse schedules a meeting with the nurse manager to review and update the policies for client admissions. The nurse administrator sets up a committee to review the procedure manual and recommend any needed changes.

A near miss has taken place on a medical unit in which a client nearly received a unit of packed red blood cells of an incompatible blood type. In the follow up to this event, which action should be prioritized?

dentifying systemic factors on the unit that may have contributed to the event