The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) provides leadership in building and advancing a safer health care system.According to the CPSI,about two thirds of preventable incidents that occur during hospitalization are related to what?

A) Procedures.
B) Care or medication.
C) Patient accidents.
D) Infection control.

An adult who was in a motor vehicle accident is brought into the emergency department by paramedics, who report the following in-transit vital signs: Oral temperature: 99.0° F
Pulse: 102 beats/min
Respiratory rate: 26 breaths/min
Blood pressure: 140/106
Which hormones should the nurse consider as the $\mathbf{most}$ likely causes of the abnormal vital signs?

A) ADH and ACTH
B) ACTH and epinephrine
C) ADH and norepinephrine
D) Epinephrine and norepinephrine

A 6-year-old girl is being seen at the clinic for a well-child checkup.The guardian tells the nurse that the child is having difficulty getting to sleep at night and asks for suggestions.What is the nurse's best response?

A) "You should play an active game with her like basketball to wear her out."
B) "It would be a good idea to save homework until right before bedtime."
C) "Quiet activities like reading sometimes help to settle down children her age."
D) "Try to delay dinner time until later to help make her sleepy."

In Nightingale's mind,the specific "scientific" activity of nursing that was the central element in health care,without which medicine and surgery would be ineffective,is which of the following:

A) Preparing nutritious meals.
B) Maintaining an aesthetic environment.
C) Maintaining hygiene.
D) Sustaining a quiet environment.