While taking a shower, a patient pushes the emergency light. When the nurse arrives, the patient complains of feeling dizzy and unsteady
The nurse turns to reach for the patient's walker and the patient falls, hitting the right side of the face resulting in loss of vision in the right eye. This scenario represents a _______ event.
Fill in the blank with the correct words.
ANS:
sentinel
A sentinel event is an occurrence that results in death or serious illness and requires immediate investigation.
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Match the event with the appropriate year. Each item has only one correct answer
1) Nursing programs become affiliated with religious groups 2) Start of public health nursing with the founding of the Henry Street Settlement 3) First formal nursing education in United States 4) First hospital 5) Establishment of the Army Nursing Service 6) Disassociation of nursing from religious orders 7) Florence Nightingale cared for the soldiers of the Crimean War ____ 1. 1st century AD ____ 2. 15th to 19th century ____ 3. 1854 ____ 4. 1861 ____ 5. 1873 ____ 6. 1893
The nurse is reviewing the patient's intraocular pressure (IOP) reading. To interpret this information, the nurse must know that a normal IOP is:
A) 5 to 7 mm Hg B) 10 to 20 mm Hg C) 20 to 30 mm Hg D) 35 to 45 mm Hg
Write the metric measure using official abbreviations and notation rules: fifty micrograms __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The mother asks the nurse who establishes immunization schedules. The nurse would correctly educate the mother by making which statement?
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics 2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3. The American Medical Association 4. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)