NURS 302: MODULE 2: TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS.
1) Basic positioning -- Answer ✔✔ - supine
- Fowlers (head of the bed up)
- Sitting straight up - lateral recumbent
2) Trochanter roll -- Answer ✔✔ prevents external rotation of hips when patient
is in supine position
3) Trapeze bar -- Answer ✔✔ triangular device that hangs down from overhead
bar that is attached to bed frame. Allows the patient to pull with upper
extremities to raise trunk off of bed, assist in transfer from bed to wheelchair, or
preform upper arm exercise
4) Fall risk reduction interventions -- Answer ✔✔ - screening and assessment
- Exercise
- Environmental modifications
- Medication review
- Behavior and educational programs
- Assistive devices
, 5) Proper body mechanics -- Answer ✔✔ - greater base of support, more stable
the body
- Pelvic tilt before activity helps protect lower back from strain and injury
- Facing the direction of work
- Work at comfortable height (raise bed)
- When lifting, bend knees and keep back straight
- Keep load well balanced and close to body
- Roll or push heavy object
6) Transfers -- Answer ✔✔ use gait belt or assistive devices
7) Factors influencing patient safety -- Answer ✔✔ developmental, individual risk
factors, medical errors, equipment related accidents
8) Individual risk factors -- Answer ✔✔ lifestyle, impaired mobility, unsteady gait,
sensory or communication impairment, lack of safety awareness, cognitive
impairment
9) Medical errors -- Answer ✔✔ falls, medication errors, procedure-related
accidents, pressure injury
10) Equipment-related accidents -- Answer ✔✔ lock wheelchairs, gurney, hospital
bed esp. When transferring, do not silence alarms, tag and report malfunctioning
equipment to proper department
11) Nursing management for safety -- Answer ✔✔ -health promotion
- Fall risk assessment
- Assess rick for medical errors
12) Health promotion -- Answer ✔✔ education, prevention, early detection
SOLUTIONS.
1) Basic positioning -- Answer ✔✔ - supine
- Fowlers (head of the bed up)
- Sitting straight up - lateral recumbent
2) Trochanter roll -- Answer ✔✔ prevents external rotation of hips when patient
is in supine position
3) Trapeze bar -- Answer ✔✔ triangular device that hangs down from overhead
bar that is attached to bed frame. Allows the patient to pull with upper
extremities to raise trunk off of bed, assist in transfer from bed to wheelchair, or
preform upper arm exercise
4) Fall risk reduction interventions -- Answer ✔✔ - screening and assessment
- Exercise
- Environmental modifications
- Medication review
- Behavior and educational programs
- Assistive devices
, 5) Proper body mechanics -- Answer ✔✔ - greater base of support, more stable
the body
- Pelvic tilt before activity helps protect lower back from strain and injury
- Facing the direction of work
- Work at comfortable height (raise bed)
- When lifting, bend knees and keep back straight
- Keep load well balanced and close to body
- Roll or push heavy object
6) Transfers -- Answer ✔✔ use gait belt or assistive devices
7) Factors influencing patient safety -- Answer ✔✔ developmental, individual risk
factors, medical errors, equipment related accidents
8) Individual risk factors -- Answer ✔✔ lifestyle, impaired mobility, unsteady gait,
sensory or communication impairment, lack of safety awareness, cognitive
impairment
9) Medical errors -- Answer ✔✔ falls, medication errors, procedure-related
accidents, pressure injury
10) Equipment-related accidents -- Answer ✔✔ lock wheelchairs, gurney, hospital
bed esp. When transferring, do not silence alarms, tag and report malfunctioning
equipment to proper department
11) Nursing management for safety -- Answer ✔✔ -health promotion
- Fall risk assessment
- Assess rick for medical errors
12) Health promotion -- Answer ✔✔ education, prevention, early detection
