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Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
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NR224 FUNDAMENTALS CH. 27 PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY EXAM 2 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz What is Safety?
Ans: Freedom from psychological & physical injury and is a basic human need
Quiz A Safe environment does what 3 things?
Ans: - Reduces risk for illness & injury, contains healthcare cost by preventing
lengths of treatment/hospitalization or stay
- Improving or maintaining a patient's functional status
-Increases the patient's sense of well being
Quiz What is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses - QSEN competency
defined as?
Ans: Minimizes risk of harm to patients & providers through --system effectiveness &
-individual performance
Quiz What 3 physiological needs that must be met prior to safety and security can be
addressed?
Ans: -Oxygen
-Nutrition
-Temperature
Quiz What factors in a person's environment can decrease the amount of oxygen
available?
Ans: Environmental hazards such as furnace, stove, fireplace that are not properly
vented. Carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin reducing 02 to tissues. Low
concentrations cause nausea, dizziness, headache,& fatigue. High concentrations =
death in 1-3min of exposure
, Quiz What is the leading cause of fires, death, & injuries involving home medical
oxygen?
Ans: Smoking
Quiz What physical hazards affect a person's safety?
Ans: MVA-leading cause of death
Poison
Fires
Falls
Disasters
Quiz What is the leading cause of fatal & nonfatal injuries in adults 65+?
Ans: Falls
Quiz What are the risk factors for falls?
Ans: Assess patient's age over 65, History of falling number of co-morbidities,
impaired memory and cognition, incontinence or urinary frequency/urgency,
decreased hearing, decreased vision, orthostatic hypotension, impaired gait, weak
lower extremities, poor balance, fatigue, need for transfer assistance, decreased
peripheral sensation, improper use of walking aids, medications, anticonvulsants,
diuretics, hypnotics, sedatives, certain analgesics
Quiz What are some common physical hazards that lead to falls in the home?
Ans: Inadequate lighting, barriers in walking paths & stairways, loose rugs &
carpeting, and a lack of safety devices in the home.
Quiz What is a pathogen & what is the most common means of transmission?
Ans: Any microorganism capable of producing an illness and most common
transmission is by the hands. Educate patients, caregivers, and family members
about the importance of hand hygiene.
Quiz How do you assess for fall risk?
Ans: Through the patient's eyes, the patient's perception of safety, needs, and risks.
Quiz Fall Prevention in Health Care Settings
The nurse instructs Nurse Assistant Personnel to
Ans: • Use fall prevention measures that match a patient's mobility limitations.
• Use specific environmental safety precautions, bed locked in low position, call light
within reach.
• Report to the nurse any patient behaviors, disorientation, wandering that are
precursors to falls.
• Fall risk assessment tool
Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
... 100% Correct Ans ...
NR224 FUNDAMENTALS CH. 27 PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY EXAM 2 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz What is Safety?
Ans: Freedom from psychological & physical injury and is a basic human need
Quiz A Safe environment does what 3 things?
Ans: - Reduces risk for illness & injury, contains healthcare cost by preventing
lengths of treatment/hospitalization or stay
- Improving or maintaining a patient's functional status
-Increases the patient's sense of well being
Quiz What is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses - QSEN competency
defined as?
Ans: Minimizes risk of harm to patients & providers through --system effectiveness &
-individual performance
Quiz What 3 physiological needs that must be met prior to safety and security can be
addressed?
Ans: -Oxygen
-Nutrition
-Temperature
Quiz What factors in a person's environment can decrease the amount of oxygen
available?
Ans: Environmental hazards such as furnace, stove, fireplace that are not properly
vented. Carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin reducing 02 to tissues. Low
concentrations cause nausea, dizziness, headache,& fatigue. High concentrations =
death in 1-3min of exposure
, Quiz What is the leading cause of fires, death, & injuries involving home medical
oxygen?
Ans: Smoking
Quiz What physical hazards affect a person's safety?
Ans: MVA-leading cause of death
Poison
Fires
Falls
Disasters
Quiz What is the leading cause of fatal & nonfatal injuries in adults 65+?
Ans: Falls
Quiz What are the risk factors for falls?
Ans: Assess patient's age over 65, History of falling number of co-morbidities,
impaired memory and cognition, incontinence or urinary frequency/urgency,
decreased hearing, decreased vision, orthostatic hypotension, impaired gait, weak
lower extremities, poor balance, fatigue, need for transfer assistance, decreased
peripheral sensation, improper use of walking aids, medications, anticonvulsants,
diuretics, hypnotics, sedatives, certain analgesics
Quiz What are some common physical hazards that lead to falls in the home?
Ans: Inadequate lighting, barriers in walking paths & stairways, loose rugs &
carpeting, and a lack of safety devices in the home.
Quiz What is a pathogen & what is the most common means of transmission?
Ans: Any microorganism capable of producing an illness and most common
transmission is by the hands. Educate patients, caregivers, and family members
about the importance of hand hygiene.
Quiz How do you assess for fall risk?
Ans: Through the patient's eyes, the patient's perception of safety, needs, and risks.
Quiz Fall Prevention in Health Care Settings
The nurse instructs Nurse Assistant Personnel to
Ans: • Use fall prevention measures that match a patient's mobility limitations.
• Use specific environmental safety precautions, bed locked in low position, call light
within reach.
• Report to the nurse any patient behaviors, disorientation, wandering that are
precursors to falls.
• Fall risk assessment tool
