Delegation
This is the process of transferring the authority and responsibility to complete a task, while retaining accountability
What is Delegation?
These are usually only assigned for a set period of time
Who are preceptors?
This is the degree to which nursing services for health care consumers, families, groups, communities, and populations increase the likelihood of desirable outcomes and are consistent with evolving nursing knowledge”.
What is quality?
K+ is the symbol for this electrolyte
What is potassium?
This is the main difference between Delegation and Assigning care
What is in Delegation you maintain responsibility while with assigning you transfer responsibility to another member of the healthcare team?
This is directly related to education and level of competency of Health care workers
What is quality of client care?
This provides a structured organizational process for planning and executing a continuous flow of improvements to provide quality care that meets or exceeds expectations
What is Quality Improvement?
This sign occurs when the hand/finger spasms with sustained blood pressure cuff inflation
What is a Positive Trousseau’s sign?
Right task, Right circumstance, Right person, Right communication, Right supervision/feedback/evaluation
What are the Five Rights of Clinical Delegation?
Risk of injury is reduced to the client and nurse with the use of this
What is good body mechanics?
These help to maintain a high level of quality in order to provide the best possible patient care that improves patient outcomes
What are Regulatory/Accreditation Agencies?
Low back pain, tachycardia, flushing, hypotension, chest tightening or pain, tachypnea, hemoglobinuria are s/s of this blood transfusion reaction
What is a Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction?
This is the most common legal violation of delegation
What is failure to supervise those who are acting under the supervision of the nurse?
Medication errors, errors related to diagnostic testing, surgical errors, healthcare-acquired infections, and errors in hand-off reporting and care
What are examples of common errors in healthcare?
These are 2 of the 6 aims for guiding quality
What are Timely, Efficient, Equitable, Safe, Effective, and Patient-Centered
ABG levels are ph 7.5, PaCO2 32 mmHg, and HCO3- 24 mEq/L which be indicative of this acid-base imbalance
What is respiratory alkalosis?
True or False
It would be appropriate to delegate an AP to measure vital signs of a postop patient who just arrived from surgery and has not been seen by the nurse
What is False?
This is an unexpected death/major injury, physical or psychological, or situations where there was a direct risk of either of these
What is a sentinel event?
These are 2 of the nurses roles in risk management
Adhere to standards of care that a reasonable and prudent nurse would do
Report adverse incidents to the risk manager, according to facility P&P
Be proactive instead of reactive
Remain educated, informed and an active participant in recognizing potential risks to their patients and themselves
Decreased cap refill, loss of hair on the lower calf/ankle/foot, dependent rubor of extremity and decreased or nonpalpable pulses are s/s of this disease
What is peripheral arterial disease?