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Test Bank for Mosbys Essentials for Nursing Assistants 5th Edition by Sorrentino Chapter 9: Assisting with Safety Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.. Where will you find safety measures nee

Test Bank for Mosbys Essentials for Nursing Assistants 5th Edition by Sorrentino

Chapter 9: Assisting with Safety

Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 Coma is

being unable to react or respond to people, places,

or things

by changes in the brain

2 Suffocation is

a The loss of memory and thinking and reasoning

abilities

b A sudden event in which people are killed and injured

3 Where will you find safety measures needed by the person?

ANS: B REF: p 97

4 Accident risk factors include the following except

5 To make sure you give the right care to the right person

d Check the MSDS

6 To identify a patient or resident

a Call the person by name

7 To identify the person, do the

b Use your assignment sheet

8 A nursing center resident does not wear an ID bracelet Before giving care, how should you identify the person?

9 Which is not a common cause of burns in nursing centers?

10 Which statement about preventing burns is correct?

the tub

pads and electric blankets

ANS: D REF: p 100

11 Poisoning in adults may be from

12 To prevent a person from suffocating, do the following

d Give the person fluids when they have a feeding tube

13 A patient asks you to cut her meat To prevent suffocation, do the

b Leaving a person unattended in the bathtub

15 A person is choking If the obstruction is not

16 What is the most common cause of choking?

ANS: C REF: p 101

18 A resident is choking The person is clutching at the throat The person cannot speak or breathe Which action is needed?

20 Abdominal thrusts are not used for

ANS: A REF: p 104

22 The safe use of electrical equipment involves the following

23 A patient uses a wheelchair To prevent the person from falling, do

the following except

d Make sure the casters point backward

24 When transferring a person to or from the

25 Safe stretcher use involves the following

b Fastening safety straps after properly positioning the

27 A warning label on a hazardous substance container is damaged What should you do?

28 You spilled a hazardous substance Before cleaning up the spill, you

ANS: A REF: p 107

29 You need to empty a person’s ashtray Which is correct?

partially filled with sand or water

done smoking

30 You find a fire in a person’s room What should you do first?

c Close doors and windows

34 Natural disasters include the following

ANS: C REF: p 107

36 A person is agitated Do the following except

37 Which is not a role of risk management?

a Giving baths and taking vital signs

c Dealing with patient and resident abuse and

workplace violence

38 You are injured while transferring a patient to a wheelchair Which is correct?

a State that it is a bracelet

1/2-inch wide with no stones

40 You break a person’s eyeglasses Which is correct?

a They should have been in the valuables envelope