Disaster Management
What are the four colors designated in the START triage
Black
Red
Yellow
Green
What is autonomy
freedom to make decisions for oneself-requires nurses respect patients' rights to make their own choices about tx i.e. informed consent
Leadership style that is empathetic, aware and healing, leads to serve others
Servant leadership
Near miss
an error or mishap that results in no harm or very minimal patient harm
role of nursing practice councils
effective way to share decision making
staff nurses included in decision making
set standards for pt safety, diversity, staffing, career ladders, evaluations, promotion, etc.
part of shared governance
What does green represent in the START Triage?
Walking wounded
Applying restraints to a patient without an order
false imprisonment
3 attributes of an emotionally intelligent leader
EI leader recognizes their own emotions-can stay calm when facing a crisis
welcomes constructive criticism-asks for help and can juggle multiple demands
listens attentively to others, recognizes unspoken concerns, acknowledges others
Adverse event
professional practice models
a system or framework that supports professional nurses in their everyday practice. This model supports our belief in the importance of superior patient care based on partnerships between nursing and other clinicians, patients, families and the community.
First step in care of patient exposed to Anthrax
antibiotics and antitoxins
unintentional tort of acting or failing to act as an ordinary, reasonable, prudent person, resulting in harm to the person to whom the duty of care is owed
3 Leadership Styles
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Transformational
Servant Leadership
Root cause analysis (RCA)
process of learning from consequences-generally after an error of some type has occurred
collective bargaining
process used by unions for the intent to equalize the power of employees and employer to improve working conditions; requires entire group of employees i.e. all nurses, all aides, etc.,; with larger numbers greater voice or so is the belief
Role of nurse in disaster management
Triage and provide care
Social media impacts which healthcare related laws
confidentiality-HIPAA
3 characteristics of an effective interprofessional hc team
1-provide care to a common group of pts/clients
2-develop common goals for pt/client outcomes and work together to achieve the goals
3-roles and functions and understand their roles and roles of others
4-mechanism for sharing information
creates a system to supervise the implementation of a plan, evaluate outcomes and make adjustments based on results
Sentinel event
unexpected occurrence involving death or serious/permanent physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof
Against Medical Advice (AMA)
Inform/educate patient about their injuries/illness, possible concerns after discharge, medications or prescriptions for medications, follow-up information, and always stress to patients they may return at any time for additional care
-have patient sign AMA form
-notify provider
4 items to have in your to go kit
water; food; battery powered radio; flashlight; first aid kit; extra batteries; whistle; dust mask; plastic sheeting and duct tape; moist towelettes; garbage bags; wrench or pliers; manual can opener; local maps; cell phone with chargers and backup battery
Legal standard of care a nurse is held to
prudent nurse
5 steps of Negotiation process
Set the ground rules
Clarify the problem
Opening move
Continue the negotiations
2 examples of never events
administering wrong type blood
wrong procedure
wrong area of body-i.e. amputee, surgery
Benchmarks are:
Standards from which audit results are compared with for analysis