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Which event would require a nurse Tear up and discard the incident
to complete and file an incident report
report?
Tell the primary health care
A client has a seizure. provider that the error warrants
the completion of an incident
The nurse determines that a client report
would benefit from the use of a
walker to ambu- late.
The nurse, preparing an
intravenous in- fusion, notes that
the battery of an intra- venous
infusion pump is not working.
When a visitor suddenly becomes
weak and dizzy, the nurse checks
the visi- tor's blood pressure and
takes the visitor to the emergency
department for treat- ment.
A nurse, charting the
administration of medications to
an assigned client at 9 pm, notes
that atenolol was prescribed to be
administered at 9 am instead of 9
pm. The nurse checks the client's
vital signs, completes an incident
report, and calls the primary
health care provider to report the
error. The primary health care
provider tells the nurse that an
incident report is not needed but
instructs her to monitor the client
during the night for hy- potension.
What action should the nurse
take?
Notify the nursing supervisor
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When a visitor suddenly becomes
weak and dizzy, the nurse checks
the visi- tor's blood pressure and
takes the visitor to the emergency
department for treat- ment.
Tell the primary health care
provider that the error warrants
the completion of an incident
report
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Tell the nursing supervisor that Call an ambulance to bring the
the pri- mary health care child to the emergency department
provider did not want an incident
report completed and filed
Contact precautions are initiated
for a client with methicillin-
resistant Staphylo- coccus aureus
(MRSA) infection. What does the
nurse, providing instructions to a
nursing assistant about caring for
the client, tell the assistant?
To transfer the client to a
semiprivate room
That gloves only are needed to
care for the client
To wear gloves and a gown when
chang- ing the client's bed linen.
To wear a gown when caring for
the client and remove the gown
immediately after leaving the
client's room
The mother of a 3-year-old calls a
neigh- bor who is a nurse and
reports that her child just drank
some window cleaner that had
been stored in a cabinet. What
should the nurse instruct the
mother to do immediately?
Call a poison control center
Administer an excessive amount of
fluids to induce vomiting
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To wear gloves and a gown when
chang- ing the client's bed linen.
Call a poison control center