NUR 330
- What organization
-established in 1951
-evolved as an impartial national organization that accredits hospitals and other health care facilities based on their safety performance, policy, procedures, practice, and outcomes
Answer The Joint Commision
- What organization
-inititated in 2002 by TJC -identify established relevant safety practices health care institutions should accomplish
-cataloged into a register of adopted "Standards of Compliance" that must be met on a consistent basis
Answer National Patient Safety Goals
- What are 8 National Patient Safety Goals 2022?
- Improve the accuracy of patient identification
Answer
- Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers
- improve the safety of using medications
- improve the safety of clinical alarm systems
- reduce the risk of healthcare associated infections
- reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls
- prevent healthcare associated decubitus ulcers
- the organization identifies safety risks inherent to its patient population
- To Err is Human
Answer Building a Safer Health System
report by the institute of medicine 2000 1 / 2
-successful in raising awareness
-highlights of reports
human factors, building leadership, error reporting, just culture, performance standards
- What is the goal of To Err is Human?
Answer to break cycle of medical errors by 50% in 5 years using comprehensive approach to improve patient safety
- Human Factors Framework
Answer *Patient Safety and Quality
An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses*
-study of the interrelationships among people, technology, and the work environment -consider the ability or inability to perform tasks while attending to multiple things at once -work of nurses in acute care environment is very complet -focus is on supporting health professionals and eliminating hazards
- a potential error or event or circumstance that could have caused harm but was caught and
avoided
Answer near miss
- an unexpected event or circumstance that occurred without injury to the patient
Answer patient safety event
- a critical, unexpected adverse event that caused severe physical or psy- chological harm to a
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patient, including death and dismemberment; permanent injury; or severe, temporary injury