Patient Centered Care
The Joint Commission called for the rights of patients or their designees to do this
What is make their own informed decisions?
a variation in the standard of care
What is an adverse event?
knowledge and skills needed for competency of teamwork and collaboration
What are effective communication and team functioning?
differences in access to and use of care, quality of care, and health insurance coverage
What are health care disparities?
considers the patient's preferences and values, best available research, as well as the nurse's clinical expertise
What is EBP (evidence-based practice)?
The primary interrelated concepts with patient-centered care
What are safety and health care disparities?
An environment that provides a blame free approach to improving care
What is a culture of safety?
causes many medical errors and patient safety risks
What is poor communication?
calls for access to care for all peoples
What is Healthy People 2030?
commonly used to rate the quality, strength, or scope of available evidence
What is the level of evidence (LOE) pyramid?
Sharing respect and advocating for the patient and family's preferences and needs is essential to ensure this
What is wholistic or whole person approach to care?
results in an avoidable patient death or major harm
What is a sentinel event?
a formal method of communication between two or more members of the health care team
What is SBAR?
This vulnerable population does not feel comfortable with or trust health care providers because of previous discrimnation related to sexuality
What is LGBTQ?
the interprofessional team uses these to monitor care outcomes and develop solutions to change and improve care
What are indicators (data)?
formal, evaluative process in which patient's current meds are compared with home meds
What is medication reconciliation?
Continues to be a major problem in hospitals and other health care agencies
a nursing activity, skill, or procedure that is transferred from a licensed nurse to an LVN or assistive personnel in a selected patient care situation
What is a delegated responsibility?
Two other populations mentioned that are experiencing health care disparities
What are older adults and racial/ethnic minorities?
An evidence based practice process used on specifc units to determine population, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes
What is the PICOT format?
actions designed to ensure safe and effective continuity of care
What is care transition?
the nursing care that should have been provided by one or more nurses but was not
What is "missed nursing care?"
right task, right circumstance, right person, right communication, right supervision
geographic location, cultural variables, resources , language barriers, mistrust of primary health care providers
What are factors affecting access to care?
Systematic reviews, integrative meta-analyses, and large multi-center clinical trials
What is Level I evidence?