Which National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) does a nurse try to meet when she checks whether a patient is taking a medication that might make them
dizzy?

D. Preventing falls.

Explanation:

If they were preventing s.u.i.c.i.d.e, they would be asking questions about hopelessness, or if the patient felt like they were better off d.e.a.d. If they were trying to prevent misidentification, they would be asking the patient if they knew their family members, what car they drive, etcetera. If they were trying to prevent infections, they would ask the patient if they had any bleeding, discharge, difficulty breathing, etcetera.

The physical basic for hearing and mechanotransduction involves receptor cells deep in the ear that collect vibrations and convert them into electrical signals that run along nerve fibers to areas in the brain where they are interpreted as sound.