You DEFINE me
Scope it, code it, practice it.
The Organized Trail
It's Legal
Culture of Safety
Competence & Ethical Practice
Essentials & on Trend
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The protection, promotion and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations?
What is ANA definition of nursing?
100
Standards can take many forms such as written and appear as criteria of professional organizations, job descriptions, agency policies, procedures and textbooks. The nurse practice act and related regulations developed by state legislatures and state boards of nursing. It is criteria used to determine whether appropriate care has been delivered. It represents the minimum acceptable level of care.
What is scope and standards of practice?
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This Privacy Rule standard addresses the use and disclosure of individuals’ health information—called “protected health information” by organizations subject to the Privacy Rule — as well as standards for individuals' privacy rights to understand and control how their health information is used
What is HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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The habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values, and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individuals and community being served.
What is COMPETENCE?
100
This delivery system is often composed of individuals prepared within a given discipline, each bringing a unique knowledge and skill set.
What is an INTERDISCIPLINARY DELIVERY SYSTEM?
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Caregiver, communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate and collaborator.
What are the roles of a nurse?
200
Statement of the ethical obligations & an expression of our commitment to society.
What is the Code of Ethics for Nurses.
200
This major US organization was founded in the late 1800's and is responsible for two very important documents, "Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements" and "Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice."
What is the ANA or American Nurses Association?
200
A conflict between two or more ethical principles, with no "correct" decision.
What is an ethical dilemma?
200
The Joint Commission, and other accrediating bodies, has prioritized various communication-improvement strategies to improve coordination, communication, and decision-making between team members and/or transferring units.
What is SBAR? Defined as Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation-an example of a communication tool that supports positive patient outcomes.
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When acting within one's role, the nurse recognizes and maintains these, which establish appropriate limits to relationships.
What are professional boundaries?
300
Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of persons. It is the "Prime Directive" in our professional practice.
What is human dignity?
300
A professional's wrongful conduct in the discharge of professional duties or failure to meet the standards of care for the profession, which results in harm to another person entrusted to the professional's care.
What is malpractice?
300
Conflict, resistance to change, lack of skills and difficult personalities.
What are challenges to collaboration?
300
This committee and/or system is in place to identify and evaluate strengths and opportunites for improvement.
What is the QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE (QI) ?
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The goals of this model includes 1.)Adequate numbers of clinically competent staff, 2.)Positive working relationships, autonomy & accountability 3.)Adequate compensation that reflects responsibilities, education, and experience 4.) Access to education & research, current technology. 5.) Promotion of Evidence Based Practice,high quality ofcare.
What are the goals of a Professional Practice Model?
400
The duty to do good to others and do maintain a balance between benefits and harms.
What is beneficence?
400
The failure to provide the care a reasonable person would ordinarily provide in a similar situation.
What is negligence?
400
Being curious, systematic, truth-seeking, open-minded and confident with transparency. Value the client as an individual, understand client needs as well as knowing one's own limitations, and make decisions based on critical thinking/clinical judgment.
What is a critical thinker?
400
This phenomenon occurs when a group demonstrates coodination, communication and shared decision making between team members.
What is COLLABORATION?
500
The specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role. Nurses have responsibility to be accountable in delegation.
What is responsibility?
500
If a nurse is charged with malpractice and found guilty, the employing institution has the right to sue the nurse to reclaim damages. This protects the nurse against personal financial losses if they are involved in a medical malpractice suit.
What is professional liability insurance?
500
False written statements that may result in injury to the client. Includes posting statements on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.
What is libel?
500
This publication by the Institute of Medicine propelled patient safety into the forefront of the public attention.
What is To Err is Human? To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System was issued in November 1999 by the Institute of Medicine which resulted in increased awareness of U.S. medical errors. The report was an analysis of multiple studies by a variety of organizations and concluded that between 44,000 to 98,000 people die each year of preventable medical errors.
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It means supporting what we do as nurses with researched guidelines or science. Using the literature to support practice as the state of the science of nursing. It means supporting continuing research as an officer, assistant or participant and establishing best practices and benchmarks.
What is evidence-based-practice (EBP)?
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