Agencies & Organizations
This agency is responsible for public health in SC
What is SC DHEC?
It describes the who, what, where, when, why and how of nursing practice
What is the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice?
This should be completed whenever any threat or act of violence is committed at RSFH
What is an Incident Report?
Leaving a patient requiring nursing care without properly notifying appropriate personnel
What is patient abandonment?
Must be signed by a patient or representative before any procedure/treatment
Informed Consent
This agency's mission is to investigate diversion of controlled substances
What is DEA?
This provides a guide for nurses to use in analysis and decision making
What is the Code of Ethics?
This is called when you have a disruptive patient, visitor, or staff member that is out of control
What is a code yellow?
Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in patient injury
What is Negligence?
Administering Dilaudid IV for 4/10 pain when the order states "for pain 8-10"
What is practicing outside of your scope of practice?
This agency is responsible for health and safety of the public through regulation, licensing, enforcement, training, and education in SC
What is the Department of LLR (Labor, Licensing, and Regulation)?
This is located in the Nursing Admin office at each hospital
What is a copy of the ANA Scopes & Standards of Practice?
This information is provided to the operator when your patient has eloped
What is patient location (unit, floor, room) and patient description (physical description and clothing)?
Any act that removes a prescription drug from its intended path
What is drug diversion?
This SC law states that the patient has right to contact the attending physician and nurse has a duty to assist
What is the Lewis Blackmon Act?
A federal agency within the US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program
What is CMS?
This describes what a reasonably competent nurse with similar background in the same setting would provide
What is a standard of care?
Drugs, guns, knives
What are contraband?
The failure of a nurse to demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skill, and care that is possessed and utilized by other nurses of the same licensure status
What is incompetence?
This concept focuses on organizational accountability and responding to the behaviors of employees in a fair manner
What is Just Culture?
This organization's mission is to continuously improve healthcare for the public by evaluating healthcare organizations and inspiring them to excel in delivering safe effective care
What is Joint Commission?
These are used to describe the practice of nurses who provide care in a specific setting
What are the specialty scopes and standards of practice?
This is called when an active shooter is present
What is a code silver?
An act or behavior that fails to meet the minimally acceptable standard expected of similarly situated professionals
What is Unprofessional Conduct?
This occurs when a health care worker unintentionally harm patients as a result of not following their profession's scope of practice
What is Malpractice?