CH 27 Patient Safety and Quality Flashcards
What does QSEN stand for?
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
How does QSEN define safety competency for a nurse?
Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
True or false? A prime duty for nurses is to protect patients from harm and to keep patients safe.
True!
True or false? A patients environment only includes the physical environment at the hospital
False!
- A patient’s environment includes both physical and psychosocial factors that influence the life and survival of the patient
- Environment includes all places where patients receive care, such as home, community center, school, clinic, hospital, and long-term care facility
What is the greatest safety risk for children under the age of 5?
home accidents that result in severe injury and death
What is the greatest safety risk for school aged children?
injury at home, at school, and while traveling to and from school
What is the greatest safety risk for adolescents?
injury from automobile accidents, suicide, and substance abuse
What is the greatest risk to safety for adults?
lifestyle habits (smoking, drinking, hazardous work, etc.).
What is the greatest risk to safety for the elderly?
risks directly related to the physiological process of aging
What are the individual risk factors that influence safety?
- Mobility, sensory, and cognitive status
- Impaired mobility
- Lifestyle choices
- Lack of safety awareness
What is the NQF?
National Quality Forum
What type of events need to be reported to the NQF?
- Surgical events
- Product or device events
- Patient protection events
- Care management events
- Environmental events
- Criminal events
True or false? You must always report when a patient safety event occurs.
True!
you must always report even if it is your own mistake
What are the consequences of sentinel or “never events”
- Permanent traumatic damage to patient
- In some cases death of the patient
- CMS denies hospitals higher payments for any hospital-acquired conditions resulting from the event
What are nursing sensitive indicators?
measures and indicators that reflect the structure, processes and outcomes of nursing care
