Safety- Chap 17 Flashcards
Safety in nursing is critical to protect?
Patient safety and nurse safety
What is important to know about a pt before they are discharged home?
Learn about pt environment to know what their means are once theyre home
Providing safe environment for patient is a Standard of Care. T or F
True
Safety Promotion for a nurse includes
knowing about unsafe and potentially unsafe environments bc it helps with EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
Factors that contribute to preventable medical errors in nursing
Scheduling/ Long Frequent Shifts
Lack of education/ training/ support
Everything you do as a nurse is related to safety. T or F
True
The 5 Rights
Right patient
Right drug
Right time
Right dose
Right route
What does nurse do when change in pt status comes up?
Assess meaning of the change to see what needs to be reported to MD
What is the thought process when an error occurs?
Nurse should ask WHY the error happened/ cause of error
Some errors got to QA for “root cause analysis”
something that ALMOST happened, but didnt …
near miss
Principles of Injury Control
Individual Level
Design Phase
Regulatory Level
level that requires education and ability for nurse to be knowledgeable & teach pt things how to do things
Individual Level
Level that requires nurse to be adequately trained about how to use supplies and devices
Design level
level that has agencies monitor and reinforce safety levels
Regulatory Level
Nurse must ____ patient care
“anticipate”
