Health Care Patient Safety

Which of the following statements is true of preventing falls?

• Clear walkways of clutter

• Make certain to have help when lifting a patient

• Let your supervisor know if a patient has issues

• Show the patient how to use the call button

To serve hot liquids to residents, a nursing assistant should...

• Clear walkways of clutter

• Pour hot drinks away from residents

• Let your supervisor know if a patient has issues

• Show the patient how to use the call button

When should a nursing assistant identify a resident?

• Clear walkways of clutter

• Pour hot drinks away from residents

• Before helping and feeding

• Show the patient how to use the call button

Why does working with oxygen require special safety?

• Clear walkways of clutter

• Pour hot drinks away from residents

• Before helping and feeding

• Oxygen is a dangerous fire hazard

• Oxygen is needed for breathing

Which of the guidelines is true of working around oxygen equipment?

• Nursing assistants should not allow open flames around oxygen

• Pour hot drinks away from residents

• Before helping and feeding

• Oxygen is a dangerous fire hazard

• Oxygen is needed for breathing

What information does a material safety Data Sheet (MSDS) contain?

• Description of emergency response actions

• Pour hot drinks away from residents

• Before helping and feeding

• Oxygen is a dangerous fire hazard

• Oxygen is needed for breathing

Which of the following is an example of physically restraining a resident?

• Description of emergency response actions

• Putting both side rails up on the bed

• Before helping and feeding

• Oxygen is a dangerous fire hazard

• Oxygen is needed for breathing

Restraints can be applied

• Only with a doctors order

• Putting both side rails up on the bed

• Before helping and feeding

• As needed

• If the head nurse tells you to

A serious problem that has been associated with restraint use is:

• Pressure ulcers

• Putting both side rails up on the bed

• Before helping and feeding

• As needed

• If the head nurse tells you to

Which of the following statements is true of restraint usage?

• The can create pressure ulcers

• People tend to respond better to restraint alternatives than to restraints

• Before helping and feeding

• As needed

• If the head nurse tells you to