NURS 262: PATIENT SAFETY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
what are the factors that affect patient safety?
- age and development.
- lifestyle.
- mobility and health status.
- sensory-perceptual alterations.
- emotional state.
- ability to communicate.
- safety awareness including knowledge of precautions for home and work.
- environmental factors.
- substance abuse.
- awareness of abuse or neglect indicators.
- any perceived threats to safety, i.e. disasters.
how does a nurse assess someone for patient safety?
- nursing history and physical examination.
- know TJM's national patient safety goals.
- home environment.
how does a nurse diagnose someone with risk of patient safety?
- risk for injury (poisoning, suffocation, trauma, falls, infection, aspiration, disuse
syndrome).
- latex allergy response.
, - contamination.
- deficient knowledge (accident prevention).
how does a nurse plan for patient's safety?
- desired outcome is to prevent injuries.
- prevent accidents and injury, change health behavior, modify environment.
what are the nursing interventions for patient safety?
- identify environmental hazards in home and community.
- demonstrate safety practices appropriate to the home health care agency, community,
and workplace.
- experience a decrease in the frequency or severity.
what are the national, hospital focused, patient safety goals of 2023?
- identify patients correctly.
- improve staff communication.
- use medications safely.
- use alarms safely.
- prevent infection.
- identify patient safety risks.
- prevent mistakes in surgery.
how do you promote safety across the lifespan?
- observation or prediction of potentially harmful situations so that harm can be avoided.
- client education that empowers clients to protect themselves and their families from
injury.
how do you promote safety in newborns and infants?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
what are the factors that affect patient safety?
- age and development.
- lifestyle.
- mobility and health status.
- sensory-perceptual alterations.
- emotional state.
- ability to communicate.
- safety awareness including knowledge of precautions for home and work.
- environmental factors.
- substance abuse.
- awareness of abuse or neglect indicators.
- any perceived threats to safety, i.e. disasters.
how does a nurse assess someone for patient safety?
- nursing history and physical examination.
- know TJM's national patient safety goals.
- home environment.
how does a nurse diagnose someone with risk of patient safety?
- risk for injury (poisoning, suffocation, trauma, falls, infection, aspiration, disuse
syndrome).
- latex allergy response.
, - contamination.
- deficient knowledge (accident prevention).
how does a nurse plan for patient's safety?
- desired outcome is to prevent injuries.
- prevent accidents and injury, change health behavior, modify environment.
what are the nursing interventions for patient safety?
- identify environmental hazards in home and community.
- demonstrate safety practices appropriate to the home health care agency, community,
and workplace.
- experience a decrease in the frequency or severity.
what are the national, hospital focused, patient safety goals of 2023?
- identify patients correctly.
- improve staff communication.
- use medications safely.
- use alarms safely.
- prevent infection.
- identify patient safety risks.
- prevent mistakes in surgery.
how do you promote safety across the lifespan?
- observation or prediction of potentially harmful situations so that harm can be avoided.
- client education that empowers clients to protect themselves and their families from
injury.
how do you promote safety in newborns and infants?
