General patient safety
Hospitals with excellent nursing environments can receive this prestigious designation?
Magnet Recognition
Most common means of transmission of pathogens?
Hands
Name a pediatric Fall Risk Assessment Tool?
Humpty Dumpty
1st Error Reducing Principles - reduces complexity?
Simplification
International event taking place 17 September ?
Patient safety day
Three types of transmission of precautions ?
Contact Precautions,Droplet Precautions,Airborne Precautions
Waste that poses danger to humans or the environment
Hazardous waste
2nd Error Reducing Principles - Reduces variation.?
Standardization
What are the 4 components of Informed Consent ?
Diagnosis Procedure Name Risks Benefits Alternatives
Type of isolation precautions initiated when caring for a patient with tuberculosis?
Airborne Precautions
diphenhydrAMINE is an example of this?
Tall Man Lettering
An effective safety device used in many industries — such as aviation and nuclear power
checklist
Often cited as the most important factor in achieving good relationships and patient safety.
Communication
The target for hand hygiene compliance at Fujairah
90%
The nurse prepares morning medications for Mrs. Jones. The physicians orders read: Lasix 400mg po daily. The nurse knows the usual dose of Lasix is 20-80mg. There are 10 tablets in the patient's medication drawer, what should the nurse do?
contact the physician to obtain the correct order
The state of being fully present and knowing the current conditions affecting your teams work?
Situational Awareness
The result when multiple individuals combine efforts to achieve better or more efficient results
Teamwork
A TeamSTEPPS method of communicating in a closed loop fashion where the sender and receiver repeat back what was communicated in order to verify receipt and accuracy
check-back
An "ad hoc" meetings of team-members to reassign resources, express concerns or refocus efforts
Huddle
A team event that often takes place before patient care begins in order to plan team-member interaction
brief