A registered nurse is volunteering at a health fair in an African ...

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A registered nurse is volunteering at a health fair in an African American urban neighborhood. She is working at the blood pressure booth and has noted that many of the clients having blood pressure checks have elevated blood pressure readings.
 
  She remembers that this is most likely because: A. African Americans have a higher rate of hypertension than the general population.
  B. African Americans are under more stress than the general population.
  C. fewer African Americans take hypertensive medications.
  D. people in urban settings generally have higher blood pressure readings than people who live in rural areas.

Question 2

A registered nurse is caring for a 45-year-old patient 2 days after a colon resection. The patient called for assistance to go to the bathroom. Instead of waiting for help, the patient decided to get up on her own.
 
  She fell but did not injure herself. After contacting the patient's health care provider, which of the following is most important for the nurse to do? A. Nothing; the patient wasn't injured.
  B. Call the Risk Management Department.
  C. Submit an incident report.
  D. Insist that the patient have a radiograph done.

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Answer to Question 1

A
African Americans tend to develop more severe hypertension at an earlier age and have twice the risk for complications of hypertension such as stroke and heart attack. Hypertension-related deaths are also higher among African Americans.

Answer to Question 2

C
When there is a deviation from the standard of care, such as a patient or visitor falls or an error is made, a nurse makes specific documentation of the event or incident in the form of an occurrence report/incident report. The nurse should complete an occurrence report when anything unusual happens that could potentially cause harm to a patient, visitor, or employee.