Standards
The nursing process
assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation
What are the AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice and where can you find them?
The guidelines contain recommendations for implementing patient care based on comprehensive, systematic review of research and non-research evidence. They can be found in our System’s Library Services
Respondeat superior
Employers are responsible for employee actions when: the nurse acted within the scope of practice, the allegations occurred during the nurse’s employment, the nurse’s actions were in the employer’s best interest
Revenue
cash flow from the organization’s major business mostly earned by rendering services to patients
Establishes standards of safe nursing care, issues licenses to practice nursing, monitor licensee’s compliance to state laws and act against the licenses of RNs who have exhibited unsafe nursing practice
State Board of Nursing
Where can you find our facility’s policies and procedures?
PolicyStat is on the Sharepoint homepage, left column. Lippincott is located at the bottom of the homepage under “Nursing” for HFH and under “Other” for SHMC
Tort
A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law
costs not directly related to the services being provided
Indirect expenses
Roles a RN can fulfill in the OR
circulator, scrub person, RN first assist (advanced practice), nurse anesthetist (advanced practice)
Define “Near Miss” and “Sentinel Event”
Near miss: errors that are detected before the patient is harmed while receiving care. Sentinel event is a patient safety event that results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm (wrong site surgery, fire, RSI, medication errors, Inadequate hand-off communication, blood transfusion errors
Nurses must avoid causing harm to their patients
Nonmaleficence
what the organization owns
assets
What is QSEN?
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
From QSEN Institute: The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project addresses the challenge of preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work. This website is a central repository of information on the core QSEN competencies, KSAs, teaching strategies, and faculty development resources designed to best support this goal.
True or false, if the RN delegates a task, they retain the accountability of the task
True
Tasks that can’t be delegated are those outside the scope of practice for that person
Assault and Battery
Assault is an unlawful threat to harm another physically. Battery is carrying out the bodily harm
the organization-wide instrument through which activities are quantified in financial terms
budget
PICO
Population of Interest, Implementation of an intervention, Comparison or Control group, Outcome of interest
5 rights of delegation
right task, right circumstance, right person, right communication and direction, right supervision and evaluation
Payment made, up to the limit of the policy, on behalf of the policy holder who has paid the insurance policy premium
Indemnity Payment
Non-productive time
paid time when employee is not working directly in a revenue-generating capacity (PTO, education)