Nurses have a responsibility to do what? correct answers support a patient-centered safety culture
Define QSEN safety competency correct answers
... [Show More] "Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance"
What is the QSEN safety focus? correct answers Nurses demonstrate safety by using strategies to reduce the risk of harm to self and others by valuing the nurse's role in preventing errors
(checking patients ID, proper assistive devices, proper body mechanics)
What are ways you can promote safety as a nurse? correct answers -Identify and avoid using work a-rounds
-Use accepted abbreviations
-Use technology appropriately such as scanners
-Use alarms
-Use strategies such as checklists
-Use open communication
-Report errors
-Participate in analyzing errors and designing system improvements
What are work a rounds? correct answers something people do because they THINK it saves time and it is more efficient; they do to go around the safety measures (ex. if patient is asleep but don't want to wake them so you cut wrist band off and but it by computer)
Unintentional injuries were the 6th leading cause of death in females and the 3rd leading cause of deaths in males in the US in 2014. What are unintentional injuries? correct answers -patient falls, car accidents, poisoning, accident with fire arm
-Motor vehicle crashes, unintentional poisonings, suffocation, drowning, accidental firearm discharges, and burns
In 2012-2013, 55% of all unintentional injury deaths among adults aged 65 and over were due to falls. What can we learn from this? correct answers unintentional often occur at random and may be avoidable
What do intentional injuries result from? correct answers acts of violence and many times have fatal consequences
What are examples of intentional injuries? correct answers Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence.
Sexual Assault/Rape.
Suicide.
Youth Violence
What is the purpose of the joint commission? (TJC) correct answers -Accrediting body for hospitals and other healthcare agencies [Show Less]