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Situation 2 — Quality and safety are rooted in the daily work of a healthcare
professional. Nurses in the Orthopedic Unit attends monthly quality assurance
meeting. The ff. questions were discussed.
6. Who should be involved in quality improvement measures?
a. Everyone b. Management staff C. Professional staff D.
Consumers
7. To start a nursing improvement project, what is the FIRST step that a
nurse must keep in mind?
A. Implement plan to correct the problem
B. Determine the nursing standards
C. Determine findings if warrant correction
D. Collect data, determine if standards are met
8. To achieve organized work flow in the unit, the staff must be aware of
the head nurse's role. What is the PRIMARY purpose of supervision and
delegation?
a. Enhances the delivery of quality nursing care
b. Influences organization's approach in personnel evaluation
c. Improves staff attendance in seminars
d. Assigns any staff to do the tasks or project
9. To ensure quality nursing care to a patient in skin traction, what is
the PRIORITY intervention that a nurse has to assess frequently?
a. Signs of infection around the pin site c. Urinary incontinence
b. Signs of skin breakdown d. Presence of bowel sounds
10. The nursing team plans to do chart audit project on post-op patients
who had developed pressure sores at the Orthopedic unit over the past year
to present. What type of audit is?
a. Retrospective b. Process C. Concurrent D.
Outcome
SITUATION 2- Hypovolemic shock. The adult patient on his way to the office met
a vehicular accident and was continuously bleeding from the head. He was
brought to the nearest hospital by the bystanders.
11. What must the emergency room nurse do FIRST?
A. Start an intravenous line at once
B. Position with head lower than extremities
C. Request for laboratory examinations
D. Stop the bleeding immediately
12. Due to continuous bleeding the patient goes into the second stage of
shock with BP 80/60. What are the possible effects on the heart in this stage?
I. Increased heart rate
II. Chest pain
III. Increased cardiac troponin
IV. Myocardial infarction
A. I,II,III,IV B. I,II C. I,II,III D. II,III,IV
13. The BEST position for the patient to assume in case of shock is ______.
A. Modified trendelenberg B. High fowler’s C. Recumbent D. Low
fowler’s
14. What isotonic electrolyte solutions are COMMONLY used as fluid
replacement in hypovolemic shock?
I. Dextrose 5 percent in water III. Lactated ringer’s
solution
II. 0.9 percent sodium chloride IV. Dextrose 10 percent in
water
A. II,III,IV B. I,III,IV C. II,III
D. I,IV
15. In case the patient would go into cardiovascular overload as a result
of the intravenous fluid therapy, the PRIORITY nursing action should focus on
______.
A. Respiratory distress C. Increase in body
temperature
B. Increase in total urine output D. Edema in the lower
extremities