Answer to Question 1
B
Providing frequent opportunities to use the bathroom helps prevent pressure ulcers, falls, trauma, and even may help prevent an infection from the insertion of a catheterall are listed on the preventable conditions. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) names select serious reportable events (SREs) as Never Events (adverse events that should never occur in a health care setting) (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). The CMS now denies payment to hospitals for any hospital-acquired conditions resulting from or complicated by the occurrence of certain Never Events that were not present on admission. Many of the hospit-al-acquired conditions are nurse-sensitive indicators, meaning that nursing interventions directly affect their development. Whereas the rights of medication administration demonstrates safety it does not relate to the preventable conditions identified by CMS, but does relate to the National Patient Safety Goals. Thorough documentation is a legal issue, not a CMS preventable condition. Discharge teaching is not listed on the preventable list and it should not be done quickly.
Answer to Question 2
D
Remember that failure to verify that a patient has adequate renal function and urine output before administering an IV solution containing potassium could cause hyperkalemia. Under no circumstances should KCl be given in an IV push. A direct IV infusion of KCl may be fatal. Intravenous administration of KCl requires dilution in solution and infusion slowly over a period of time. In most hospitals, nurses do not add KCl to IV bags. Usually a pharmacist prepares the solution.