NUR172 / NUR 172 Exam 1 Latest Updated 2024 with Verified Answers From Expert
National patient safety goals - Identify patient correctly (name and
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Use medications safely (rights)
Prevent infections
Improve staff communication
Identify patient safety risk to suicide
Prevent mistakes in surgery
Informed consent - Provide patient with enough information so they are able to make a
decision.
Nurse can be a witness, make sure it's signed.
Dr is responsible to obtain consent
Unusual occurrence report → incident report - Non Judgemental, factual, not part of legal
record.
Sentinel event - Not related to patient's natural course of illness (delay in treatment, pt fall,
tissue necrosis) severe infiltrate. *malpractice complication with sentinel event. Injury
causing a graft to patients IV site.
health care law - Scope of practice
Public health/infection control
Consent
Advanced directives
Malpractice - Type of negligence, any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of
professional skill, non adherence
4 elements of malpractice - Duty
Breach of duty
Injury
Causation
Standards of care - focuses on the recipient of care, patient
Standards of practice - focuses on the provider.
Code of ethics - The principles that used in ethical and moral decision making
Scope of practice for IV therapy - OBN
Antibiotic = anti infection = antifungal
Initiate (first dose)
Maintain (administer/regulate)
IVPB = secondary = intermittent infusion (IV piggy back)
TPN
PCA
PICC
Places where LPN can start an IV→ antecubital to hand
Just culture - Reporting healthcare errors without punishment. Nurse still to be held
accountable for actions! Emphasis on correcting flows in the system and preventing future
errors. Empowers staff to participate in reporting errors without fear of punishment.
Nurse's legal, ethical and professional responsibility to participate to report error.
Patient self determination act - Health care law that gives patients the right to choose if
they want to have the procedure done even if recommended by the doctor.
LPN can reduce risk to IV therapy by - Six rights of administration
Monitor for complications
Allergies
Evidence based practice
Tanner's model of critical thinking - Able to identify complications
Previous experience with similar patients, recognize inconsistency
Know possible complication and know what to do.
Professionalism - Competent nurse
Basic nursing license
IV certification
Continue education keeping up with the most current information
Clarify orders that are not cleared or incomplete
Practice good communication skills and collaborate with other staff [Show Less]