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Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences?
Patient Centered Care
Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the centers for disease control and prevention or the world health organization. Set goals for improving hand cleaning. Use the goals to improved hand cleaning.
Prevent Infection
Name all of the steps where an ADE can occur
Wrong prescription
Wrong dose
Wrong medication
Wrong patient
keeping staff free from Exposure to infections, diseases, blood and body fluid pathogens, injuries/accidents
workplace safety
list the proper order for donning PPE
Gown
Mask or respirator
Goggles or face shield
Gloves
Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems?
Quality Improvement (QI)
Get important test results to the right staff person on time
Improve staff communication
Identify 3 strategies for older adults to decrease falls in the home setting
Remove obstacles from walking paths
use of night lights
Remove throw rugs
wear shoes with soles that provide adequate traction
Encourage use of glasses if applicable
both the nurse and patient, using lifts and other assistive devices
Safe Patient handling
list the proper order for doffing PPE
Gloves
Goggles or face shield
Gown
mask or respirator
Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
Informatics
Reduce the risk for suicide
identify patient safety risks
What is a hospital acquired infection (HAI)?
infections that occur while a patient is being treated for another condition
Any physical assault, threatening behavior or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting?
Workplace violence
What is donning?
it is the sequence of putting on PPE
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care
Evidenced Based Practice
Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time
Use alarm safely
What is the best action to help reduce the risk of HAI?
Good Handwashing
Use disposable equipment
In order to provide safe quality of care to our patients, Nurses must be _______________?
Non Impaired
Report to State board of nursing
What is doffing?
the proper sequence to safely remove PPE
Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
Safety
Before a procedure label medicines that are not labeled. Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood
Record and pass along correct information about a patient's medicines. Find out about medicines the patient is taking. Compare those medicines to new medicines given to the patient
Use Medicines safely
name 5 different forms of least restrictive restraint?
Sitter or family member stay with patient
use of bed or chair alarms
use calm soothing voice
use distraction or diversional activities
use de escalation strategies
Assess problems causing agitation
reorienting confused patient
Name three ways hospitals support health promotion in nurses?
Wellness programs
nutrition counseling
weight management
exercise
smoking cessation
What is the final step when removing PPE?
Hand washing