The National Patient Safety Goals established by the Joint Commission focus on:
a. regulatory standards c. employee safety
b. preparation for accreditation d. patient safety
D
The Joint Commission has developed standards to guide critical activities performed by health care organizations. Each year the Joint Commission publishes new goals that organizations must have in place to promote specific improvements in care related to patient safety.
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A client is hospitalized with acute pancreatitis. The nursing assistant reports to the nurse that when a blood pressure cuff was applied, the client's hand had a spasm. Which additional finding does the nurse correlate with this condition?
a. Serum calcium, 5.8 mg/dL b. Serum sodium, 166 mEq/L c. Serum creatinine, 0.9 mg/dL d. Serum potassium, 4.2 mEq/dL
List four reasons why the AV junction may assume responsibility for pacing the heart
What will be an ideal response?
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report called, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) specifically recommended which of the following changes?
a. Less inter-disciplinary education b. Decreasing barriers to nursing scope of practice c. Maintaining current educational level of nurses d. All of the above
Which prevention activity would be considered tertiary prevention?
a. Diabetes screening b. Rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injury c. Birth control d. Pregnancy testing