Fundamentals Nursing : Patient Safety and
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Identify the Joint Commission 2015 National Patient Safety Goals for Critical Access Hospitals
- Identify patients correctly
- Improve staff communication
- Use medications safely
- Use alarms safely
- Prevent infection
- Prevent mistakes in surgery
Identify Maslow's hierarchy of basic needs that influence a person's safety
- Oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
List the physical hazards in the environment that threaten a person's safety (5)
- MVA's (leading cause)
- Poison
- Falls
- Fire
- Disasters
Pathogen
any microorganism capable of producing an illness with the most common means of transmission by the
hands
Immunization
Reduces and in some cases prevents the transmission of disease from person to person
Pollutant
A harmful chemical or waste material discharged into the water, soil, or air
In addition to being knowledgable about the environment, nurses must be familiar with: (4)
- A Patients Developmental level
- Mobility, sensory, and Cognitive status
- Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common Safety Precautions
, Identify the individual risk factors that can pose a threat to safety
- Lifestyle
- Impaired mobility
- Sensory or communication impairment
- Lack of sensory awareness
Identify the specific assessments to perform when considering possible threats to patient safety
- Activity and exercise
- Medication history
- History of falls
- Home maintenance
Identify actual or potential nursing diagnoses that apply to patients whose safety is threatened (7)
- Risk for Falls
- Impaired home maintenance
- Risk of injury
- Deficient knowledge
- Risk for poisoning
- Risk for suffocation
- Risk for trauma
Specific Risks to the Patient's Safety within the Health Care Environment:
- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents
- Procedure-related accidents
- Equipment-related accidents
Falls:
result in minor to severe injuries such as bruises, hip fractures, or head trauma that result in reduced
mobility and independence and increase the risk for premature death.
- Patients who have underlying disease states are more susceptible to fall-related injuries.
Patient-inherent accidents
are classified as self-induced. (seizures, burns, inflicted cuts)
Procedure-Related Accidents:
accidents occur during therapy
- includes medication administration errors, IV therapy errors, improper application of external devices,
and improper performance of procedures.
- The potential for infection is reduced when surgical asepsis is used for sterile dressing changes or any
invasive procedure such as insertion of a urinary catheter.
Equipment-Related Accidents:
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Identify the Joint Commission 2015 National Patient Safety Goals for Critical Access Hospitals
- Identify patients correctly
- Improve staff communication
- Use medications safely
- Use alarms safely
- Prevent infection
- Prevent mistakes in surgery
Identify Maslow's hierarchy of basic needs that influence a person's safety
- Oxygen
- Nutrition
- Optimum temperature
List the physical hazards in the environment that threaten a person's safety (5)
- MVA's (leading cause)
- Poison
- Falls
- Fire
- Disasters
Pathogen
any microorganism capable of producing an illness with the most common means of transmission by the
hands
Immunization
Reduces and in some cases prevents the transmission of disease from person to person
Pollutant
A harmful chemical or waste material discharged into the water, soil, or air
In addition to being knowledgable about the environment, nurses must be familiar with: (4)
- A Patients Developmental level
- Mobility, sensory, and Cognitive status
- Lifestyle choices
- Knowledge of common Safety Precautions
, Identify the individual risk factors that can pose a threat to safety
- Lifestyle
- Impaired mobility
- Sensory or communication impairment
- Lack of sensory awareness
Identify the specific assessments to perform when considering possible threats to patient safety
- Activity and exercise
- Medication history
- History of falls
- Home maintenance
Identify actual or potential nursing diagnoses that apply to patients whose safety is threatened (7)
- Risk for Falls
- Impaired home maintenance
- Risk of injury
- Deficient knowledge
- Risk for poisoning
- Risk for suffocation
- Risk for trauma
Specific Risks to the Patient's Safety within the Health Care Environment:
- Falls
- Patient-inherent accidents
- Procedure-related accidents
- Equipment-related accidents
Falls:
result in minor to severe injuries such as bruises, hip fractures, or head trauma that result in reduced
mobility and independence and increase the risk for premature death.
- Patients who have underlying disease states are more susceptible to fall-related injuries.
Patient-inherent accidents
are classified as self-induced. (seizures, burns, inflicted cuts)
Procedure-Related Accidents:
accidents occur during therapy
- includes medication administration errors, IV therapy errors, improper application of external devices,
and improper performance of procedures.
- The potential for infection is reduced when surgical asepsis is used for sterile dressing changes or any
invasive procedure such as insertion of a urinary catheter.
Equipment-Related Accidents:
