NURS 550 Exam 1 2025 latest Update |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
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Safe environment includes meeting - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Basic needs
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- Reducing physical hazards
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- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
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- Controlling pollution
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Basic human needs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Sufficient oxygen
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- Nutrition
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- Optimum temperature
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Physical hazards - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5th leading cause of
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death for Americans all ages
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- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
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- Poison
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- Falls, 2nd leading cause
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- Fire
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Orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decrease in |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
systolic blood pressure of 20mm Hg or decrease in diastolic of
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10mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing when compared to blood
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pressure from sitting
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,Factors influencing patient safety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Mobility, sensory, and cognitive status
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- Lifestyle choices
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- Knowledge of common safety precautions
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Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lead poisoning, poisoning and choking, fire accidents,
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drowning, and head trauma
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School-age child risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sports related
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injuries, head injuries with bike accidents
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Adolescent risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Automobile accidents,
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suicide, substance abuse, risk-taking behaviors (smoking,
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drinking), unsafe sex
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Adult risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lifestyle habits and related
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diseases, motor vehicle accidents
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Older adult risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Due to physiological
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changes of aging process, falls and other types of accidents
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Individual Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Lifestyle
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- Impaired Mobility
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- Sensory Impairment
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- Lack of Safety Awareness
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,- Economic resources
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- Cognitive impairments
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National Quality Forum mission - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Improve
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the quality of health care in America
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SRE(Serious Reportable Events) |/ |/
Nurses face Environmental risk - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Chemicals found in meds, anesthetic gas, cleaning solution,
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and disinfectants
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Risks to patient's safety in health care environment - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔- Falls
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- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
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- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
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- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
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- Workplace safety
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Serious Reportable Events - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Surgical
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events
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- Patient-protection events
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- Care-management events
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- Product or device events
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- Criminal Events
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- Environmental events
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, Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assessment:
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- Through patient's eyes
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- Nursing history and examination
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- Health care environment (risks)
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- Patient's home environment assessment
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Restraint use objectives - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Reduce risk of
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patient injury from falls
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- Prevent interruption of therapy like IV infusions, catheterization
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- Prevent patients who are confused from removing life-support
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- Reduce risk of injury to others by patient
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Physical Restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Only as a last resort
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Chemical Restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Meds like anxiolytics
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and sedative to manage behavior
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Electronic bed monitoring device/Posey bed - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Less restrictive than chemical or physical restraints. Reduce
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the side effects such as pressure ulcers and loss of dignity with
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physical.
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RACE fire intervention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔R: Rescue and
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remove all patients in immediate danger
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A: Activate the alarm
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|/ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |/ |/ |/
Safe environment includes meeting - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Basic needs
|/ |/
- Reducing physical hazards
|/ |/ |/
- Reducing the transmission of pathogens
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Controlling pollution
|/ |/
Basic human needs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Sufficient oxygen
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Nutrition
|/
- Optimum temperature
|/ |/
Physical hazards - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5th leading cause of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
death for Americans all ages
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Motor vehicle accidents are leading cause
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Poison
|/ |/
- Falls, 2nd leading cause
|/ |/ |/ |/
- Fire
|/
Orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decrease in |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
systolic blood pressure of 20mm Hg or decrease in diastolic of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
10mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing when compared to blood
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
pressure from sitting
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,Factors influencing patient safety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Mobility, sensory, and cognitive status
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- Lifestyle choices
|/ |/
- Knowledge of common safety precautions
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Infant, toddler, and preschooler risks - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lead poisoning, poisoning and choking, fire accidents,
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
drowning, and head trauma
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School-age child risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sports related
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injuries, head injuries with bike accidents
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Adolescent risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Automobile accidents,
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suicide, substance abuse, risk-taking behaviors (smoking,
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drinking), unsafe sex
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Adult risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lifestyle habits and related
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diseases, motor vehicle accidents
|/ |/ |/ |/
Older adult risks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Due to physiological
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
changes of aging process, falls and other types of accidents
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Individual Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Lifestyle
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- Impaired Mobility
|/ |/
- Sensory Impairment
|/ |/
- Lack of Safety Awareness
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,- Economic resources
|/ |/
- Cognitive impairments
|/ |/
National Quality Forum mission - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Improve
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
the quality of health care in America
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
SRE(Serious Reportable Events) |/ |/
Nurses face Environmental risk - CORRECT ANSWERS
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
✔✔Chemicals found in meds, anesthetic gas, cleaning solution,
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
and disinfectants
|/ |/
Risks to patient's safety in health care environment - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔- Falls
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- Patient-inherent accidents (seizures)
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- Procedure-related accidents ( Med errors)
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- Equipment-related accidents (malfunctions)
|/ |/ |/
- Workplace safety
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Serious Reportable Events - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Surgical
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events
|/
- Patient-protection events
|/ |/
- Care-management events
|/ |/
- Product or device events
|/ |/ |/ |/
- Criminal Events
|/ |/
- Environmental events
|/ |/
, Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assessment:
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- Through patient's eyes
|/ |/ |/
- Nursing history and examination
|/ |/ |/ |/
- Health care environment (risks)
|/ |/ |/ |/
- Patient's home environment assessment
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Restraint use objectives - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Reduce risk of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
patient injury from falls
|/ |/ |/ |/
- Prevent interruption of therapy like IV infusions, catheterization
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Prevent patients who are confused from removing life-support
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
- Reduce risk of injury to others by patient
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Physical Restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Only as a last resort
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Chemical Restraint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Meds like anxiolytics
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and sedative to manage behavior
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Electronic bed monitoring device/Posey bed - CORRECT ANSWERS
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
✔✔Less restrictive than chemical or physical restraints. Reduce
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
the side effects such as pressure ulcers and loss of dignity with
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
physical.
|/
RACE fire intervention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔R: Rescue and
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remove all patients in immediate danger
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A: Activate the alarm
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