COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Medication Errors. Answer: -Severe error that may lead or cause
inappropriate medication use or potential patient harm
◉ Types of Medication Errors. Answer: -Fail to treat illness
-Giving wrong drug
-Give med to wrong pt
-Using wrong route
◉ Human Factors of Medication Errors. Answer: -
Knowledge/performance deficits
-miscalculation of dosage
-Stress
-Lack of sleep
◉ Prevention of Medication Errors. Answer: -prepare meds in a
quiet setting
-Check, check, recheck
,-Bar code systems
◉ Nursing Priorities if Medication Errors Occurs. Answer: -
Immediate and ongoing assessment
-Notification of HCP
-Initiation of interventions as prescribed to offset adverse effects
-Document
◉ Nursing Role in Quality Improvement. Answer: First line of
defense against actual/potential risks to patients
-Promote and ensure the health and safety of all patients
-Identify unsafe practices and response appropriately to ensure a
safe outcome for all patients, self, and others
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality. Answer: -Safe
-Effective
-Timely
-Patient-centered
-Efficient
-Equitable
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality- Safe. Answer: Care should be
delivered correctly without error
, -avoidance of injury in the delivery of care
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality- Effective. Answer: Offering
services that address the most important health care concerns to the
individual and the most vulnerable population groups
-Involves integration of curative and preventative services and
refraining from providing services to those who are not likely to
benefit
-avoid underuse/overuse of health care services
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality- Patient-Centered. Answer:
Responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values
-ensures that these considerations guide all clinical decision
-respect and dignity, treat others how they would like to be treated
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality-Timely. Answer: reducing wait
time for all health care delivery services
-when care is delivered in a timely manor, wait time and harmful
delays for both the pt and provider of care are reduced and care is
offered before unnecessary complications occur
◉ Attributes of Health Care Quality-Efficient. Answer: Use of
resources for care delivery, such as time, cost, supplies, and
minimizing waste