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,1. Assessing the Care Environment for a Client Who is Experiencing Suicidal
Ideations: -search the client's belonging with the client present. Remove all glass, metal
silverware, electrical cords, vases, belts, shoelaces, metal nail files, tweezers, matches,
razors, perfume, shampoo, plastic bags, and other potentially harmful items from the
client's room and vicinity
-allow the client to use only plastic eating utensils. Count utensils when brought into and out
of the client's room
-check the environment for possible hazards (windows that open, overhead pipes that are
easily accessible, non-breakaway shower rods, non-recessed shower noz- zles)
-ensure that the client's hands are always visible, even when sleeping
2. Caring for a Client Who Has Immunosuppression: monitor skin and mucous
membranes for infection (breakdown, fissures, and abscess)
3. Developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan: The Hospital Incident Com-
,mand System (HICS) for disaster management offers a clear structure for disaster
management at the facility level
4. Identifying Reportable Diseases: -Nurses are also mandated to report to the
proper agency (local health department, state health department) when a client is
diagnosed with a communicable disease
-a complete list of reportable diseases and a description of the reporting system are
available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent Web site. Each state
mandates which diseases must be reported in that state. There are more than 60
communicable diseases that must be reported to public health departments to allow
officials to do the following: ensure appropriate medical treatment of diseases
(tuberculosis), monitor for common-source outbreaks (foodborne: hepatitis A), plan and
evaluate control and prevention plans (immunizations for preventable diseases), identify
outbreaks and epidemics, determine public health priorities based on trends, educate the
community on prevention and treatment of these diseases
, Nationally notifiable diseases: identified at the CDC website and include the following
,1. Assessing the Care Environment for a Client Who is Experiencing Suicidal
Ideations: -search the client's belonging with the client present. Remove all glass, metal
silverware, electrical cords, vases, belts, shoelaces, metal nail files, tweezers, matches,
razors, perfume, shampoo, plastic bags, and other potentially harmful items from the
client's room and vicinity
-allow the client to use only plastic eating utensils. Count utensils when brought into and out
of the client's room
-check the environment for possible hazards (windows that open, overhead pipes that are
easily accessible, non-breakaway shower rods, non-recessed shower noz- zles)
-ensure that the client's hands are always visible, even when sleeping
2. Caring for a Client Who Has Immunosuppression: monitor skin and mucous
membranes for infection (breakdown, fissures, and abscess)
3. Developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan: The Hospital Incident Com-
,mand System (HICS) for disaster management offers a clear structure for disaster
management at the facility level
4. Identifying Reportable Diseases: -Nurses are also mandated to report to the
proper agency (local health department, state health department) when a client is
diagnosed with a communicable disease
-a complete list of reportable diseases and a description of the reporting system are
available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent Web site. Each state
mandates which diseases must be reported in that state. There are more than 60
communicable diseases that must be reported to public health departments to allow
officials to do the following: ensure appropriate medical treatment of diseases
(tuberculosis), monitor for common-source outbreaks (foodborne: hepatitis A), plan and
evaluate control and prevention plans (immunizations for preventable diseases), identify
outbreaks and epidemics, determine public health priorities based on trends, educate the
community on prevention and treatment of these diseases
, Nationally notifiable diseases: identified at the CDC website and include the following
