QSEN
Integrating the best current evidence with clinical expertise
Evidence Based Practice
66% of health care errors
What is the number one way to prevent infections?
Hand washing!
Definition of Slander
defamation by spoken word
What are DRGs?
Diagnostic Related Groups--Provide payment for diagnosis- a pre determined fixed amount
QSEN stands for
Quality & Safety Education in Nursing
If verbal and non verbal communication are not consistent, which one will be received?
Non verbal
What is empathy?
Place oneself in another’s situation to better understand
Understand what person feels and needs
defamation by written word
What kind of nurse helps coordinate care for a patient from admission through discharge and even on an outpatient basis?
Case manager
Utilizing an online software database to review medications prior to administration falls under which QSEN competency?
Informatics
Your patient speaks another language, how can you provide good communication to your patient?
Translator
Clara Barton
What does EMTALA stand for and what is it's importance?
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
Federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency department/ urgent care to be stabilized and treated regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay
Founder of Public Health Nursing
Lillian Wald
Respecting the patient's preferences, values, and needs fall under which QSEN category
Patient Centered Care
You receive a telephone order from a doctor. How do you ensure the order you heard is the order the doctor intended to order?
Read back the entire order
Failure to act in a reasonable and prudent manner
Negligence
What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Medicare: federal health insurance program established to provide healthcare to those 65 and older (largest health insurance program in the US)
Medicaid: federal/state health insurance program for those with lower income
According to the 2019 National Patient Safety Goals, when should you use two patient identifiers
Administering medications
Administering blood
Drawing blood/lab specimens
Consent for a procedure
The six QSEN competencies
Patient-Centered- Care
Teamwork & Collaboration
Evidence Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
What is SBAR?
situation, background, assessment, recommendation
Organized way to communicate effectively
You are a nurse in CA and move to Wisconsin. What agency do you check with to get information on licensing in Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin State Board of Registered Nursing
Preventable medical error that medicare will no longer pay for
Never Events
What is a nurse practice act and who establishes it?
Regulate practice of nursing in each state
Written and passed by state legislators