Scope of Practice
This state law defines what nurses are legally allowed to do.
Nurse Practice Act
This principle means the nurse is accountable for their actions even when following a providers orders
nursing accountability
If it wasn't documented legally...
It was not done
When a nurse administers a medication via the wrong route, it violates this "right"
right route
If a medication error causes harm the nurse and facility may face this.
Legal Action
RNs use this skill to decide whether a provider's order is safe
Clinical Judgment
following this helps ensures nurses provide safe and competent care
standard of care
You should chart medications immediately after this.
Administration
Failing to gather all of a patients allergies before administering a medication is an example of this type of error
Negligence
After ensuring safety, the nurse must notify this person?
The provider
This process allows an RN to assign tasks to others while maintaining oversight.
Delegation
giving a medication without knowing what it does shows lack of this
responsibility or knowledge
This system is commonly used to document meds electionically
Electronic Medical Record
This is what the RN should do first if a medication error occurs
assess the patient
This internal report is completed after an error but not placed in the chart
Incident report
This determines what tasks can be assigned to an LPN or Assistive Personnel.
5 rights of delegation
this organization sets ethical standards nurses are expected to follow
american nurses association
Altering a medication record after an error without reporting it is considered this.
Falsification of records
This is the RNs responsibility when the dose of a medication seems unsafe or unusually high
hold the medication and clarify with the provider
This process analyzes why an error happened to prevent future ones
root cause analysis
This legal concept ensures nurses follow standards of care when administering medications.
Duty of Care
this means admitting when you made a mistake and taking responsibility for it
honesty
This must be included with documenting PRN medication effectivenss.
Patient response
This organization encourages reporting medication errors to improve system safety
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
A serious error may result in this action against a nurse's license
Disciplinary Action