Answer to Question 1
Ans: C
In order to promote a systematic culture of safety, nurses need to look at systems
and processes to identify areas that need to be studied and changed to be safer. This broad and
holistic approach to safety likely has a greater potential to effect change than the other cited
efforts that have more narrow focuses.
Answer to Question 2
Ans: A
Primary prevention involves the efforts to prevent disease from ever occurring.
Primary prevention can be aimed at stopping the cause of disease. Generalized efforts to
educate people regarding healthy diets are aimed at this type of primary prevention. Tertiary
prevention focuses on preventing long-term disability and restoring functional capacity, as
exemplified by repositioning an immobile patient, rehydrating a patient, or assisting with
exercises.
An emergency medical technician positions defibrillator paddles on the chest of a supine male patien
Effects of nursing rounds on patient safety
Instructing the Patient in Collecting a Stool Specimen
The correct beginning position for the patient’s feet and crutches (tripod position).
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
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