Author Question: A nurse warns a client who has a recent history of seizures that he may fall off his bed during a ... (Read 59 times)

imowrer · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse warns a client who has a recent history of seizures that he may fall off his bed during a seizure attack if he does not leave the side rails of the bed raised.

Before leaving the client's room, the nurse puts up the side rails, but after the nurse has left, the client lowers them again. Later, the client has a fall from the bed during seizures and holds the nurse responsible for it. Which of the following legal provisions protects the nurse in this case? A) Good Samaritan law
B) Statute of limitations
C) Common law
D) Assumption of risk

Question 2

A nurse is changing the bed linen of a client admitted to the health care facility for the surgical repair of an inguinal hernia. Which of the following precautions should the nurse follow?

A) Standard precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Contact precautions
D) Airborne precautions

lindahyatt42 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
The nurse is protected by the provision of assumption of risk. If a client is forewarned of a potential safety hazard and chooses to ignore the warning, the court may hold the client responsible. It is essential that the nurse documents that he or she warned the client and that the client disregarded the warning. Good Samaritan laws provide legal immunity to passersby who provide emergency first aid to accident victims. The statute of limitations is the designated time within which a person can file a lawsuit. Common laws are decisions based on prior similar cases.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
Health care personnel follow standard precautions whenever there is the potential for contact with the client's blood; body fluids except sweat, regardless of whether they contain visible blood, nonintact skin, and mucous membranes. Standard precautions are measures for reducing the risk of microorganism transmission from both recognized and unrecognized sources of infection. The other three precautions are transmission-based precautions, which are measures for controlling the spread of infectious agents from clients known to be, or suspected of being, infected with highly transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens.