lead 5 (my notes)

Question 1

3 National Pt Safety Goals

Answer 1

Improve Staff Communication
Use Alarms Safely
Identify Pt risks

Question 2

Explain the Pt Safety goal: Improve Staff Communication

Answer 2

Get important test results to the right staff person quickly

Question 3

Explain the Pt Safety goal: Has to do with labeling…

Answer 3

Before a procedure, label medicines that are unlabeled. for example meds that are in a syringe

Question 4

Explain the Pt Safety goal: Use Alarms Safely

Answer 4

Make sure that alarms are responded to

Question 5

Explain the Pt Safety goal: Identify Pt risks

Answer 5

figure out who is a suicide risk

Question 6

Negligence

Answer 6

Carelessness or deviating from the reasonable standard of care

Often involves Non-professionals

Question 7

Malpractice is aka

Answer 7

professional negligence

Question 8

Malpractice

Answer 8

failure of a person with professional training to act reasonably

Question 9

Trait theory (my definition)

Answer 9

you have the traits of a leader (can be taught or innate)

Question 10

Style theory (my definition)

Answer 10

Has to do with forming relationships

Question 11

Situational-contingency theory (my definition)

Answer 11

Lead according to the situation while you’re adapting to it

Question 12

Two factor theory (my definition)

Answer 12

It’s similar to Maslow’s but more simple, it’s binary between high and low

Question 13

Element of Malpractice: Duty owed to the patient example

Answer 13

for example not monitoring the patient’s response to treatment

Question 14

Element of Malpractice: Breach of the duty owed example

Answer 14

You didn’t report to the provider that the patient’s status changed

Question 15

Element of Malpractice: Foreseeability example

Answer 15

You didn’t make sure the minimum standards are met

Question 16

Element of Malpractice: Causation example

Answer 16

Failure to provide adequate patient education

Question 17

Element of Malpractice: Injury

Answer 17

Physical harm to the patient

Question 18

Element of Malpractice: damages

Answer 18

because of your actions, the patient has to stay in the hospital longer, pay more medical bills, etc

Question 19

Personal liability

Answer 19

Your responsibility in what happened

Question 20

Vicarious liability/respondent superior

Answer 20

Means that employers can be responsible for the employee’s actions

Question 21

Indemnification

Answer 21

if the institution gets sued, they can turn around and sue the nurse because they’re saying Hey we just got sued because of you

Question 22

Corporate responsibility includes having a lack of ___ staff

Answer 22

lack of qualified staff

Question 23

Failure to warn

Answer 23

A nurse manager is accountable if they didn’t warn other employers/the state about the actions of the employee

Question 24

Qualified privilege

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IF the employee lists you on their application, you can disclose negative info about them

Question 25

Apparent Agency

Answer 25

this means that the organization is responsible for contracted employers (whereas in the past the staffing agency was responsible)

Question 26

Privacy vs Confidentiality

Answer 26

Privacy means you don’t get in people’s business for no reason, confidentiality means you don’t SHARE their business

Question 27

Autonomy

Answer 27

You have the right to make your own choices

Question 28

Beneficence

Answer 28

Your actions should promote goodness

Question 29

Nonmaleficence

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Do no harm

Question 30

Justice

Answer 30

Treat everyone equally

Question 31

Paternalism

Answer 31

someone making decisions for someone else (it’s a bad thing usually)

Question 32

Fidelity

Answer 32

Keeping promises

Question 33

Respect for others

Answer 33

Basically same thing as autonomy

Question 34

Moral distress

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When 2 ethical principals compete

Question 35

Malpractice: the nurse’s duty (in part) is determined by the

Answer 35

institutional standards

Question 36

Malpractice: the 2nd step is

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showing that the duty owed was not given

Question 37

Malpractice: foreseeability means

Answer 37

you could’ve seen it coming

Question 38

Malpractice: causation means

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the harm was DIRECTLY caused by the nurse’s action

Question 39

6 steps in QI

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Identify what the consumer needs 
Put together a multi-dis team
Collect data about how services are CURRENTLY given
Set goals and measurements
Design a plan and start the plan 
Evaluate using data

Question 40

In the data collection phase of QI, if the data is really complicated you may need a

Answer 40

statistician

Question 41

In the 4th step of QI, you need to establish goals. The goals should be either

Answer 41

patient care outcomes or nurse sensitive outcomes

Question 42

One of the biggest challenges of management is

Answer 42

keeping people enthusiastic while doing rote tasks

Question 43

In management there’s less ____; the desired outcomes are known

Answer 43

ambiguity

Question 44

Followers should engage in ___ ___ and ___ ___

Answer 44

identifying problems and providing feedback