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| Discuss factors that affect people’s ability to protect them selves from injury |
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Definition
| The ability of people to protect themselves from injury is affected by such factors as age and development, lifestyle, mobility and health status, sensory-perceptual alterations, cognitive awareness, psychosocial state, ability to communicate, safety awareness, and environmental factors. |
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Term
| Describe methods to assess clients at risk for injury |
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Definition
Age and development
Mobility and health Status
Sensory-perceptual alterations
Cognitive awareness
Safety awareness |
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Term
| Discuss the national patient safety goals (NPSGs): |
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Definition
| National patient safety foundation increased their awareness of the need to improve client safety |
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Term
| Identify common potential hazards throughout the life span; |
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Definition
Developing fetus: smoking, alcohol &drugs
Newborns and infants: falling, suffocation in cribs (SIDs)
Toddlers: Physical trauma from falling
Preschoolers: Injury from traffic, playground equipment
Adolescents: Vehicular accidents, recreational accidents
Older adults: Falling & burns |
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Term
| Give examples of nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions for clients at risk for accidental injury |
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Definition
| Diagnosing is labeling clients for risk Factors such as risk for injury the gait of a client: |
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Term
| Nursing Diagnose, outcome, and interventions for examples of applying the nursing process for the clients at risk for injury. |
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Definition
| When planning care to prevent accidents an injury, the nurse considers all factors affecting the client’s safety, specifies desired outcomes, and selects nursing activities to meet these outcomes |
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Term
| Discuss the use and legal implication of restraints: |
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Definition
| The facility has to have a primary care provider order and nurse must document all producers she apply to clients safety in other words she did every step to take before asking for restraints |
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Term
| List desired outcomes to evaluating the selected strategies for injury prevention. |
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Definition
| To prevent client injury, the nurse’s role is largely educative and desired outcomes reflect the client’s acquisition of knowledge of hazards, behaviors that incorporate safety practices, and skills to perform in the event of certain emergencies. |
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Term
| How can nurse prevent falls? |
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Definition
| Assess for potential personal cause of falls; hypotension, unsteady gait, altered mental responsiveness (such as from medications), poor vision, foot pathology, cognitive changes, and fear. |
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Term
| Define the factors affecting safety: |
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Definition
| The ability of people protecting themselves from injury is affected by such factors as age and development, lifestyle, mobility and health status, sensory-perceptual alterations, cognitive awareness, psychosocial state, ability to communicate, safety awareness, and environmental factors. |
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Term
| What are the threats associated with bioterrorism? |
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Definition
| Bioterrorism is an intentional attack using weapons of viruses, bacteria, and other germs |
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Term
| How is each restraint used to protect clients? |
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Definition
| Restraints are protective devices used to limit the physical activity of the client or a part of the body. |
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Term
| List the sequence of nursing responsible, when a client has a seizure? |
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Definition
| Seizure precautions are safety measures taken by the nurse to protect clients from injury should they have a seizure. |
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