Safety
Reduce HAI by
hand hygiene
Types of infection
SSI
CLASBI
CAUTI
Types of restraints
violent & nonviolent
Risk assessment for pressure injuries
Braden score
Roles of a nurse
educator, advocator, communicator, manager,
ways to improve medication safety
label all medications
require 2 forms of patient verification
medication reconciliation
Preventing CLABSI
Bath with CHG daily
how often do you monitor a patient with restraints
every 15 minutes for violent and every 2 hours for nonviolent
Frequency of assessing skin
when the patient is admitted and at least once a shift
What is autonomy?
Having the right to choice
Accurate way to identify patients
two identifiers
lab specimen labeling
distinct methods of identification for newborns
Identifying fall risk
Hester Davis fall risk score
Assess on admission
Following a change in condition
A Patient being transferred to your care
How to tie restraint
knot-free ties (slipknot)
Frequency of turning and repositioning
Every 2 hours
physiological aspects of caring for a client?
coping strategies, body image, self-concept, mood, sexuality, behavioral and emotional support
Ways to Identify Safety risks for certain patients
screen for suicide risk
frequent rounding on patients who have suicide ideations
Preventing DVT
Leg exercise
anticoag medications
compression socks
SCD
Restraint removal
periodically to assess circulation
Places to monitor for bed sores when repositioning a patient
elbows, heels, coccyx(butttock), back of head, knees, hips, shoulder blades, back of ears
Ways to show caring towards a patient?
therapeutic touch, offering self, individualizing care
National Patient safety goals
prevent wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery
What is Virchows triad
venous stasis
endothelial injury
hypercoagulability
Perform During Removal
vital sign check
skin integrity
hydration
nutrition
ROM
elimination
Cleaning The Skin
when incontinent cleanse promptly and use skin moisturizer after
Nursing includes what?
health promotion, prevention of illness, and care of the ill, disabled, and dying