HANDBOOK 2026 PATIENT SAFETY AND
CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGIES
◉ External environmental influences.
Answer: Contextual factors considered external environmental
influences in the framework for occupational health programs and
services include economics, workforce, technology, socio-economic
status, and legislation/regulation.
◉ Economics.
Answer: Economics is a contextual factor in occupational health
programs.
◉ Workforce.
Answer: Workforce is a contextual factor in occupational health
programs.
◉ Technology.
Answer: Technology is a contextual factor in occupational health
programs.
◉ Socio-economic status.
,Answer: Socio-economic status is a contextual factor in occupational
health programs.
◉ Legislation/regulation.
Answer: Legislation/regulation is a contextual factor in occupational
health programs.
◉ Economics.
Answer: Affects the health of the company and its workforce
productivity, in terms of profitability, growth, and expansion.
◉ Technology.
Answer: Adds to an industry's capacity to develop and implement
new or improved work processes.
◉ Legislation/regulation.
Answer: In the workplace, such as the blood-borne pathogen
standard, affects the workforce in terms of requirements,
administration, and control strategies.
◉ Occupational safety programs.
Answer: Built around the workforce to strive for maximum internal
productivity.
,◉ Interventions.
Answer: Internal environmental influences of an occupational health
and safety program.
◉ Socio-economic status.
Answer: A demographic variable commonly used in epidemiology.
◉ QRS interval.
Answer: A finding that indicates a disturbance in electrical
conduction in the ventricles; normal duration is 0.04 to 0.12 second.
◉ T wave.
Answer: Normally 0.16 seconds.
◉ PR interval.
Answer: Range is 0.12 to 0.20 second.
◉ QT interval.
Answer: Should be 0.31 to 0.38 second.
◉ Prioritize tasks.
, Answer: Planning care for a client with numerous treatments should
be prioritized with the most crucial client needs first to the least.
◉ Contact precautions.
Answer: Require the use of a barrier that prevents contact with
wound secretions on soiled dressings.
◉ Discharge instruction for infected client.
Answer: Dispose of soiled dressings in plastic bags that are securely
closed.
◉ Ophthalmoscope.
Answer: An instrument used to assess a client's interior eye
structures.
◉ Adjust the diopters.
Answer: An action the nurse should use to bring the retina into focus
when a client's error of refraction causes a change in the eyeball
shape.
◉ Red-free filter.
Answer: Produces a green beam for examination of the optic disc for
pallor and recognition of retinal hemorrhages.