Explain why health care workers need to have a systems perspective

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: Health care workers need to have a systems perspective so they are able to step back, visualize the entire process of how a patient moves through the organization, and understand how their roles fit into that process.

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Your patient was involved in a serious industrial accident in which she sustained a critical electrical burn to both her hands when she accidentally grabbed a live wire. This patient will need to be:

A. Wrapped in a dry sterile gauze dressing covered with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. B. Left on the current until the muscles stop twitching. C. Transported with ALS as she may experience a cardiac dysrhythmia. D. Flushed with sterile water or saline immediately.

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Administration of dry gases at flows exceeding 4 L/min can cause which of the following? 1. Structural damage 2. Heat loss 3. Water loss

a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3

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