The home health nurse has to ensure that a safety plan is in ...

[nenivikky]

The home health nurse has to ensure that a safety plan is in place to address falls. Using knowledge that 55 of fall-related injuries occur with falls inside the home, a total of more than 60 of these falls occur in which two rooms?
 
  A) Living room and hallway
  B) Kitchen and bathroom
  C) Hallway and bedroom
  D) Living room and bedroom

Question 2

The nurse reviews the official document called the Scope and Standards of Home Health Nursing Practice.
 
  Using knowledge about the document providing guidelines for nurses involved in home healthcare practice, which are included in the standards of care? (Select all that apply.)
  A) Assessment by collecting data about home care clients
  B) Implementation of nurse-centered actions in collaboration with physicians
  C) Diagnosis through the analysis of data
  D) Outcome identification that helps identify nurse-sensitive measures
  E) Planning nurse-sensitive interventions directed at the identified outcomes

[kingfahad97]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Feedback:
The most common rooms where people fall include the living room (31), bedroom (30), kitchen (19), bathroom (13), and hallway (10).

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A, C, D, E
Feedback:
The standards of care include the following key elements of the nursing process: (1) assessment by collecting data about home care clients; (2) diagnosis through the analysis of these data; (3) outcome identification that helps home care nurses identify nurse-sensitive measures; (4) planning in the form of nurse-sensitive interventions directed at the identified outcomes; and (5) implementation of nurse-centered actions in collaboration with clients and families, not with physicians.