Chapter 10

Question 1

The nurse manager is providing an in-service regarding a “safe hospital environment.” What
will this education mainly focus on preventing?
a. Falls
b. Exposure to contaminants
c. Injury
d. Electric hazard

Answer 1

c. Injury

Question 2

What is important for the nurse to determine in order to decrease the risk for injury to a
patient?
a. If patient can read English
b. If patient is left-handed
c. If patient ambulates with assistive device
d. If patient can dress independently

Answer 2

b. If patient is left-handed

Question 3

What skills should health care workers frequently attend in-services about to ensure that
staff has competent skills and risk for falls can be decreased?
a. Bathing
b. Feeding
c. Transferring
d. Ambulating

Answer 3

c. Transferring

Question 4

What important safety precaution should the home health nurse teach parents in order to
prevent burns to small children?
a. Never leave them unattended.
b. Turn pot handles on stoves away from reach.
c. Turn hot water on first when filling the bathtub.
d. Keep side rails up on the crib.

Answer 4

b. Turn pot handles on stoves away from reach.

Question 5

What must the nurse do before applying a safety reminder device (SRD)?
a. Get permission from the family.
b. Assess patient’s skin condition.
c. Get a health care provider’s order.
d. Explain the SRD to the patient.

Answer 5

c. Get a health care provider’s order.

Question 6

What should the nurse do when offering a cup of hot coffee to a frail, older adult patient?
a. Give the patient a straw.
b. Dilute the coffee with cold water.
c. Fill the cup half full.
d. Offer a bib or an apron.

Answer 6

c. Fill the cup half full.

Question 6

What type of fire extinguisher should the nurse use when the oxygen concentrator machine
malfunctions and causes an electric fire?
a. Type A
b. Type B
c. Type C
d. Type D

Answer 6

c. Type C

Question 6

A disaster situation occurs and involves an explosion in a hospital laundry. What would this
be classified as?
a. Active
b. External
c. Life-threatening
d. Internal

Answer 6

d. Internal

Question 6

The emergency department nurse admits a victim of poisoning. Who should the nurse call to
receive the best assistance for dealing with this victim?
a. American Red Cross
b. Fire department paramedics
c. Poison control center
d. Civil defense office

Answer 6

c. Poison control center

Question 7

A nurse instructs an unlicensed assistive personnel about the proper use of a gait belt and is
observing a return demonstration. What action by the unlicensed assistive personnel should
cause the nurse to intervene?
a. Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient’s strong side.
b. Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking to the side of the patient.
c. Unlicensed assistive personnel is securing the gait belt securely around the
patient’s waist.
d. Unlicensed assistive personnel is grasping the handles of the gait belt while the
patient ambulates.

Answer 7

a. Unlicensed assistive personnel is walking on the patient’s strong side.

Question 8

What should a nurse do when encountering a mercury spill?
a. Vacuum the spill.
b. Open interior doors.
c. Close all outside windows.
d. Open any outside windows.

Answer 8

d. Open any outside windows.