Chapter 1, Problem 9CR

When a nurse enters the patient’s room to begin a nursinghistory, the patient’s wife is there. What should the nurse do?a. Introduce oneself and thank the wife for being present.b. Introduce oneself and ask the wife if she wants to remain.c. Introduce oneself and ask the wife to leave.d. Introduce oneself and ask the patient if he would like thewife to stay.

A nurse is providing postmortem care. Which nursing actionviolates the standards of caring for the body after a patienthas been pronounced dead and is not scheduled for anautopsy?a. The nurse places the patient in a sitting position while thefamily visits.b. The nurse places identification tags on both the shroud andthe ankle.c. The nurse removes soiled dressings and tubes.d. The nurse makes sure a death certificate is issued andsigned.

What system promotes efficient treatment of trauma patients? A. Emergency department information B.dental information system C. Surgical information system D.pharmacy information system

A nurse discovers that she made a medication error. Whatshould be the nurse’s first response?a. Record the error on the medication sheet.b. Notify the physician regarding course of action.c. Check the patient’s condition to note any possible effect ofthe error.d. Complete an incident report, explaining how the mistakewas made.

What information would a medical coder extract from an emergency information system? A. Patient income information B. Service’s rendered in the emergency room C. Xrays taken 10 years ago D. Information stored on paper records from provider located in another part of the country

You are asked to bring a patient from his or her room to the therapy department via a wheelchair. What safety step should you perform to ensure that the transfer from his bed to wheelchair is successful?

A nurse administers the wrong medication to a patient and thepatient is harmed. The physician who ordered the medicationdid not read the documentation that the patient was allergicto the drug. Which statement is true regarding liability for theadministration of the wrong medication?a. The nurse is not responsible, because the nurse was merelyfollowing the doctor’s orders.b. Only the nurse is responsible, because the nurse actuallyadministered the medication.c. Only the physician is responsible, because the physicianactually ordered the drug.d. Both the nurse and the physician are responsible for theirrespective actions.