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ap345

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The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals developed by the Joint Commission's Board of Governors is to:
 
  1. Improve the accuracy of patient identification.
  2. Improve the client's outcome by delivery of safe care.
  3. Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.
  4. Improve the safety of using medications.

Question 2

The physician orders that 10 mL of cough medicine be given four times a day. The nurse explains this order to the mother by providing which of the following instructions?
 
  1. Give one tablespoon four times a day.
  2. Give two teaspoons four times a day.
  3. Use a measuring spoon and give two teaspoons four times a day.
  4. Use a measuring spoon and give one tablespoon four times a day



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to deliver health care more safely and improve the client's outcome by reducing the risk of errors. The other options are specific goals that have been identified to meet this purpose.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The mother should be instructed to use a measuring spoon, not a standard teaspoon, to measure out two teaspoons four times a day. It would also be important to tell the mother to spread the four doses out throughout the day to avoid having the mother give the medication too close together.



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