NURSING: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXAM Q & A
1. What generalization can be made about safety in patient care?
A) Healthcare providers exclude safety as a patient need.
B) Although safety is a basic human need, it is provided by self-care.
C) Safety is an important need, but not as important as self-actualization.
D) Safety is a paramount concern underlying all nursing care.
2. A nurse making a home visit for a patient living in a high-crime area observes that the
apartment building does not have outside lighting. Why is this an important
assessment?
A) It will make the patient less able to go to social gatherings.
B) Assessment includes risk factors in the home.
C) Although important, this assessment is irrelevant to care.
D) Nurses in home healthcare are not concerned with safety.
3. Which of the following are examples of developmental risk factors? Select all
that apply.
A) A toddler is allowed to crawl in a house that has not been childproofed.
B) A machinist works in an environment that exposes him to loud noises.
C) A sales executive worries that he won't make his yearly sales quota.
D) An elderly woman in a long-term healthcare facility is at high risk for falls.
E) A 42-year-old woman is unable to move her left side following a stroke.
F) A teenager has difficulty ambulating following multiple fractures from a MVA.
4. A patient is very anxious and states, “I am so stressed.” Why do these factors affect
, NURSING: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXAM Q & A
the patient's safety?
A) stress increases retention of information
B) stress affects interpersonal relationships
C) stress increases concern about hazards
D) stress tends to narrow the attention span
5. A nurse is assessing a patient who recently had a stroke. What is one area of
assessment necessary to promote safety?
A) skin integrity
B) neuromuscular status
C) hygiene
D) abdominal integrity
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXAM Q & A
1. What generalization can be made about safety in patient care?
A) Healthcare providers exclude safety as a patient need.
B) Although safety is a basic human need, it is provided by self-care.
C) Safety is an important need, but not as important as self-actualization.
D) Safety is a paramount concern underlying all nursing care.
2. A nurse making a home visit for a patient living in a high-crime area observes that the
apartment building does not have outside lighting. Why is this an important
assessment?
A) It will make the patient less able to go to social gatherings.
B) Assessment includes risk factors in the home.
C) Although important, this assessment is irrelevant to care.
D) Nurses in home healthcare are not concerned with safety.
3. Which of the following are examples of developmental risk factors? Select all
that apply.
A) A toddler is allowed to crawl in a house that has not been childproofed.
B) A machinist works in an environment that exposes him to loud noises.
C) A sales executive worries that he won't make his yearly sales quota.
D) An elderly woman in a long-term healthcare facility is at high risk for falls.
E) A 42-year-old woman is unable to move her left side following a stroke.
F) A teenager has difficulty ambulating following multiple fractures from a MVA.
4. A patient is very anxious and states, “I am so stressed.” Why do these factors affect
, NURSING: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXAM Q & A
the patient's safety?
A) stress increases retention of information
B) stress affects interpersonal relationships
C) stress increases concern about hazards
D) stress tends to narrow the attention span
5. A nurse is assessing a patient who recently had a stroke. What is one area of
assessment necessary to promote safety?
A) skin integrity
B) neuromuscular status
C) hygiene
D) abdominal integrity
