Week 1: Safety & Organization Flashcards
Clinical care coordination includes what skills that are necessary to ensure timely and effective patient care?
- clinical decisions
- priority setting
- time management
- evaluation
- use of organizational skills and resources
What 2 skills are required by a nurse in order to engage in complex interactions (list the complex interactions)
2 skills - Leadership & decision making.
Complex interactions that require these 2 skills are:
- collaboration
- negotiation
- conflict resolution
- delegation
It is important to value and practice _____in every nursing interaction.
patient centeredness
To adopt a critical thinking approach to the decision making process, a nurse draws on the following information:
- Applying understanding of patient’s perspectives.
- One’s knowledge.
- Evidence-informed best practice guidelines.
- Experience to the decision-making process.
Nurses must establish _______as these relate to actions taken to meet patients’ needs.
priorities of care
Setting priorities also requires nurses to ______.
know the priority need of each patient
What can create time management challenges for nurses?
- changes in health care delivery
- increasing complexity in all settings of care
What is important for nurses reflect on when considering time management?
Reflect on the impact of technology and other forces and to acquire the ability to set limits and refuse demands that are unreasonable. This way they are managing their time better.
Evaluation is an ____ process.
ongoing
What does the nurse do in the evaluation process?
compares expected outcomes with actual outcomes
Why is it important for the nurse to focus on evaluation of a patient’s progress/outcomes, rather than on a task?
- Lessens chances of distraction.
- Provides patient-centered care.
- Focus shifts from simply completing a task –> how do we achieve recovery or management of symptoms/disease for the patient.
What are these:
RNs “must be accountable and accept responsibility for their own action”
“Organize and prioritize own work, and develop time management skills for meeting responsibilities”
Entry-Level Competencies by BCCNP (British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals)
Define delegation:
Transferring the responsibility to perform a function or intervention to someone who would not otherwise have the authority to perform it (responsibility/intervention is not within the scope of practice or scope of employment for the care provider to whom the care is being delegated)
During delegation who is responsible/ accountable for the function?
The person delegating is accountable for the practice, while the delegate is responsible for performing it safely.
In order to provide quality care to patients, nurses must be organized, set priorities, and what else (3)?
Manage their time
Effectively use resources
Continuously re-evaluate
