The nurse is evaluating the performance of the UAP. The nurse should provide feedback to the UAP about which unsafe action?

The nurse manager overhears multiple conversations on a hospital unit. Based on the statement made, the nurse manager should initiate the process for reporting incivility with which person?

The nurse confides to a coworker that when reporting a change in the client’s condition to the HCP, the HC P stated, “It seems that every time you work, there is some catastrophe. Can’t you problem- solve earlier so this doesn’t happen!” What is the coworker’s best response?

Prior to checking a fingerstick blood glucose level, the nurse checks the identification band of the newly admitted client transferred from another facility. The nurse notes that the name and birth date are correct but that the band has the logo from another facility. Which is the best action by the nurse?

The nurse manager is reviewing a list of serious reportable events that occurred in a hospital setting before submitting the list to an external agency. Which event should the nurse manager remove from the list before it is submitted?

A health care agency has different receptacles for the various categories of institutional waste. Into which container should the nurse dispose of a suction canister used to collect bloody drainage from the client’s NG tube?

The nurse is teaching parents measures to prevent scald and burn injuries to toddlers in the home. Due to toddlers’ inquisitiveness, which recommendation by the nurse is most important?

The experienced nurse is instructing the new nurse on client safety. Which statement made by the new nurse should the experienced nurse correct?

The expectant mother asks the nurse, “With all the babies in the nursery, how will I know that the nurse is bringing rue my baby?” What is the nurse’s best response?

A power outage occurs at a hospital, and a backup generator supplying power to a telemetry unit fails. After obtaining a flashlight, what is the nurse’s next best action?

The nurse realizes that a fire has started in the client’s room. Which action should be taken by the nurse first?

When entering the client’s room, the nurse sees that the client is standing on the far side of the room with clothing on fire. Which action should be taken by the nurse immediately?

The home health nurse is using the home Safety Assessment Scale to evaluate the dangers that may exist in the home of the client who is mildly cognitively impaired. Which finding on the scale should be most concerning to the nurse?

The client makes the following statements to the home health nurse. Which statement requires the nurse to intervene immediately?

The client with a right femoral arterial line is con- fused, thrashing about in bed, and picking at the tubing- The HCP prescribes wrist restraints- Based on this information, what should the nurse plan to do?

The UAP is caring for the client who has been placed in bilateral wrist restraints. Which direction should the nurse give to the UAP?

The nurse asks the NA to apply a mitten restraint for the client seated in the wheelchair next to the bed. Which observation by the nurse indicates that the NA needs further instructions on applying restraints?

The client with dementia and confusion is transferred from the hospital to the nursing home. The client’s family has not yet arrived at the nursing home. Which direction is appropriate for the RN to provide to the LPN?

The new NA is caring for the client who is at risk for a fall. Which statement by the nurse to the new NA is most important?

The experienced nurse is observing the new nurse providing care to the hospitalized cheat. Which action requires the experienced nurse to intervene to ensure client safety?

The hospitalized client tells the nurse about feeling a strong shock when turning on an electric hair dryer. What should the nurse do first?

The nurse is caring for the client who received afterload internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy) for treatment of uterine cancer. The nurse manager evaluates that the nurse uses correct hazardous material precautions when noting that the nurse takes which action?

The mother calls the nurse to ask when her newborn will be brought back to her room to finish feeding. The mother states that a doctor came about 30 minutes ago to take the baby for an examination and has not returned with her baby- Which action should be taken by the nurse first?

Pressure is being exerted to the client’s foot ulcer from the bottom bed guard, and the client needs to be pulled up in bed. The client weighs 130 lb. Which action by the nurse is best when no one is available to assist the nurse?