The nurse clarifies that the best definition of a fall is a circumstance in which the patient:
1. falls to the ground, which causes injury.
2. loses consciousness, resulting in injury.
3. loses balance, resulting from a lack of equilibrium.
4. injures self, resulting from a side effect of a medication.
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Definitions of falls vary, but a fall is an unintentional event that is unrelated to medication or loss of consciousness and that results in injury.
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The home care nurse is using OASIS information to evaluate outcome measurements for client care. Which data should the nurse use for this evaluation?
1. Client's Braden Skin Assessment score is 12. 2. Client has a stage 2 pressure ulcer on the sacrum. 3. Client admission paperwork completed within 24 hours. 4. Client self-administers insulin and changes foot wound dressing independently.
The history of nursing is most strongly associated with which other factor?
1. The history of women 2. The development of medical technology 3. The growth of religion across the frontier 4. The decline of the family unit
The term used to describe the gradual return of the uterus to the nonpregnant state is ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A group of nurses are in a staff meeting on the unit headed by the new unit manager. The manager announces that nurses should not criticize and make fun of other nurses or there will be repercussions
Several nurses at the meeting tell the manager that this type of situation should be handled by the individual nurses. The nurse manager should: 1. Insist that this is an appropriate new policy. 2. Recognize that the group has already defined behavioral norms. 3. Request a transfer to another unit. 4. Discipline the staff nurses who spoke out.