Decision Making/Leadership
Requires a detailed analysis of led up to the problem, decision making is the last step
What is: Problem Solving
The ethical principal for the obligation to tell the truth
What is veracity
Confidential, Factual and Objective statements about an event that are submitted
Incident Report
The process of measuring products, practices, and services against best-performing organizations
What is Benchmarking
The five rights of delegation
What is right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, right supervision
Involves a task approach to client care, with tasks being delegated by the charge nurse to individual members of the team.
What is Functional Nursing Model
The critical elements of the problem solving
What is: Define objects clearly, Gather data carefully, Take the time necessary, use an evidence based approach, generate many alternatives, think logically, choose and act decisively
The ethical principal referring to the right of the individual to make decisions
What is autonomy
What is false imprisonment
Provide diagnosis-based, step-by-step interventions for providers to follow in an effort to promote high-quality care while controlling resource utilization and costs
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Types of medication that CAN NOT be administered by the LPN
What is High alert medication, plasma, blood products, and IV medication
The nurse provides all necessary care needed for the assigned time period.
Total Care/Case Method
The leadership style that is permissive with no criticism and provides little or no direction
What is laizzez-faire
The ethical decision making framework that refers to providing the greatest good to the greatest number of people
What is utilitarian
Laws that encourage health professionals to assist in emergency situations by limiting liability and offering legal immunity as long as the nurse acts within state laws and provides reasonable care
What is Good Samaritan Laws
Audits that are performed while the patient is receiving the service.
Concurrent Audits
Assignments that should be given to a Float RN
What is Chronic, stable, routine meds/procedures
Team led by RN who is responsible for assessing, developing nursing diagnoses, planning, and evaluating each client’s plan of care.
What is Team Nursing
This leadership style focuses on empowerment and vision
What is transformational leadership
A nurse is representing the viewpoint of the patient to others.
What is nurse as advocate
Law that maintains confidentiality of protected health information
HIPPA
Measure how care was carried out; were guidelines and standards met; were policies followed; task-oriented
Process Audit
The ABCD framework for prioritization includes "D" for
What is Disability
Concerned with keeping a nurse at the bedside, actively involved in client care, while planning goal-directed, individualized care. Nurse is responsible for managing and coordinating the client’s care while in the hospital and for discharge
What is Primary Nursing
This leadership theory focuses on serving others as a top priority
Servant leadership
A series of statutes enacted by state legislators to regulate nursing practice
What is Nurse Practice Act
The nurse completes this first action when he/she suspects a co worker of drinking while on duty.
What is report to manager or supervisor
Balance is achieved between not blaming individuals for errors and not tolerating egregious behavior
What is Just Culture
Prioritizing the care of a client with a new injury/illness over the care of a client with a long term chronic illness
Acute before Chronic
Health care delivery strategy that supports managed care; it uses an interdisciplinary health care delivery approach that provides comprehensive client care throughout the client’s illness using available resources to promote high-quality and cost-effective care; revenue protecting activity.
What is Case Management
This leadership focuses on the organization investing in the employees to develop them
Human Capital
The failure of a professionally trained person to act in a prudent and reasonable manner
What is malpractice
A patient has received a complete explanation of a treatment and indicates that he or she understands the risks and benefits
Informed Consent
A cause and effect diagram also known as an Ishikawa diagram
What is a Fishbone Diagram
The four C's of communication when delegating
Clear, Concise, Correct, Complete
Clinical management care plan for providing client-centered care and for planning and monitoring the client’s progress within an established time frame; multidisciplinary collaboration and teamwork ensure shared decision making and quality client care.
What is a Critical Pathway
This leadership style focuses on the complex nature of the health care environment and the need to develop adaptive leaders
What is Quantum Leadership
The five elements of malpractice
What is Duty, Breach of Duty, Foreseeability of Harm, Proximate Cause, Damage or Injury
Include living well and durable power of attorney
What is advanced directives
Leapfrog Group's four evidence-based standards to reduce medical errors
1.Computerized physician-provider order entry
2.Evidence-based hospital referral
3.Intensive care unit physician staffing
4.Safe practice scores (Leapfrog)
What is
P- Planning
A-Assessment
C-Collaboration
E-Evaluation
T-Teaching
Four types of variances of critical pathways.