Health Care Patient Safety

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

If a restraint is applied, a nursing assistant must

• Giving the resident a repetitive task

• Not leave the patient alone

• Check on the resident every 15 minutes

• Release the restraint every 15 minutes

• Administer an antianxiety medication

Which of the following statements is true of body mechanics?

• focus on building muscles

• help save energy and prevent injury

• are not useful in an emergency

• should only be used when assistance is available

• should only be used when lifting a patient

Which of the following is a way to use proper body mechanics?

• The nursing assistant should stand with her legs shoulder width apart

• Body mechanics help save energy and prevent injury

• Body mechanics are not useful in an emergency

• Body mechanics should only be used when assistance is available

• If the head nurse tells you to

A resident who is in restraints must be checked on at least every ___________ minutes and the restraints must be released at least every _______ at which time personal care is to be provided.

• 30 minutes 6 hours

• 45 minutes 5 hours

• 15 minutes 2 hours

• 5 minutes 1 hour

A bio hazardous container or bag is used to dispose of anything that is

• Soiled

• Contaminated

• Infectious

• Dirty

How often should you wash your hands

• before and after any procedure

• anytime they become contaminated

• they are visibly dirty

• all of the above

_{What is the most effective way to reduce injuries?}

• Remove the Hazard

• Improve Work Policies & Procedures

• Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• All of the above

11. Under the new CDC isolation guidelines, the old categories of isolation and disease-specific precautions have been collapsed into three sets of precautions that include:

• A. airborne, droplet, and contact

• B. airborne, respiratory, and contact

• C. enteric, contact, and respiratory

• D. complete, droplet, and airborne