How many ways does The Joint Commission require a patient to be uniquely identified to ensure the safe administration of medications?
What will be an ideal response?
The Joint Commission requires that patients be identified with at least two unique identifiers such as name and date of birth, or name and patient ID number. It may not be the room number.
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Interventions implemented to protect the immunosuppressed patient would include which of the following measures?
A) Permit cooked foods only. B) Allow no fresh flowers or live plants in the room. C) Provide a private room with laminar flow or positive pressure. D) All of the above are correct.
Eucalyptus is an herbal product that can be used as a decongestant and expectorant. In which of the following client populations would the nurse identify a contraindication for its use? Select all that apply
A) Pregnant females B) Children younger than 2 years of age C) Lactating females D) Postmenopausal females E) Men
The nurse assesses that the patient who has acquired a nosocomial infection is most likely the patient with:
1. an abdominal abscess following a ruptured appendix. 2. lice and nits that have come from the Emergency Department. 3. a urinary infection after the insertion of a Foley catheter. 4. a 2-day postoperative hip replacement foot fungus.
Which is an appropriate nursing intervention for a child who experiences epistaxis?
1. Laying the child down and applying a warm pack. 2. Tilting the child's head back, squeezing the bridge of the nose, and applying a warm moist pack to the nose. 3. Tilting the child's head forward, squeezing the nares below the nasal bone, and applying ice to the nose. 4. Immediately packing the nares with a cotton ball soaked with phenylephrine (Neo-Synephrine).