Week 5 Flashcards
According to the National Quality Forum, which event is considered a care-management event?
Stage III pressure injury acquired after admission to a health care agency
Which finding is a serious reportable event included in the National Quality Forum (NQF) list?
Disability associated with electric shock at a health care agency
The incidence of suicidal tendency is highest in which age group?
Adolescents
According to the American Hospital Association, a red wristband is given for which category?
Allergies
A patient with postural hypotension is hospitalized. Which safety measure would the nurse implement during ambulation?
Use of gait belt
Which factor is the greatest risk of injury for an adolescent?
Automobile accidents, suicide, and substance abuse
The National Quality Forum is collecting information from a health care agency about serious reportable events that have occurred. Which event would be listed as a care-management event?
Death caused by a medication error
Which cause of patient death is classified as an environmental event on the National Quality Forum (NQF) list?
A fall while in the health care agency
The nurse caring for a patient with a history of grand mal seizures witnesses the patient begin to have a seizure in their bed. Which immediate intervention will the nurse implement?
Place a pillow under the patient’s head
Which crutch gait pattern will the patient with paraplegia who wears weight-supporting braces use when ambulating?
Swing-through gait
Which statement indicates a need for additional teaching regarding the principles of safe patient transferring and positioning?
“The narrower the base of the support, the greater the stability of the nurse.”
“I should face the direction opposite to movement to prevent abnormal
twisting of the spine.”
Which statement is correct regarding how exercise affects the pulmonary system?
Increased respiratory rate and depth followed by a quicker return to the resting state
Which criterion will the nurse consider when caring for a patient who can assist with positioning?
Dividing the balancing activity between the arms and legs will reduce the risk of back injury.
The nurse is teaching a nursing student about various deformities of the spine. Which statement is true about spine deformities?
Kyphosis is the increased convexity in curvature of the thoracic spine.
Lordosis is the exaggeration of the anterior convex curve of the lumbar spine.
Scoliosis is the lateral S- or C-shaped spinal column with vertebral rotation.
Which primary muscle is used for the abduction of the wrist joint?
Flexor carpi radialis
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Extensor carpi radialis longus
The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about tendons. Which statement about tendons is true?
Tendons are fibrous bands connecting muscles to bone
Tendons are strong, flexible, and inelastic
A child has rickets. The health care provider suggests an increase of calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorus in the patient’s diet. Which food
item is a good source of calcium?
Green, leafy vegetables
Yogurt
Cheese
Which is a common debilitating contracture?
Footdrop
Which definition describes cartilage?
Nonvascular, supporting connective tissue located chiefly in join
Which definition describes cartilage?
Nonvascular, supporting connective tissue located chiefly in join
Which definition describes ligaments?
White, shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue
Which postural abnormality indicates an exaggeration of the anterior convex curve of the lumbar spine?
Lordosis
The registered nurse is teaching a nursing student about developmental changes in older adults. Which statement made by the nursing student indicates the need for further learning?
“Prolonged immobilization in older adults delays gross motor skills”
“Immobilization in older adults is only caused by degenerative disease”
Which assistive device would the nurse use to reduce surface area and friction when patients are unable to assist with moving up in bed?
Full-body sling
