NUR 2206 Exam 6
- Agency for healthcare research and quality(AHRQ)
Answer agency that encompass- es team strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient safety(Team- Stepps)
2. 98000
Answer how many lives lost each year from medical error in US hospitals
- medical error
Answer the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim
- systemwide
Answer preventing death and injury from medical errors requires dramatic changes
- culture of safety
Answer commitment to safety at all levels of an organization from front-line personnel to executive management
- key components of a culture of safety
Answer leadership, communication, and enviornment
- error prevention strategies
Answer open communication(TeamStepps), organized error reporting systems, rounding, peer checking, checklists, 60 second situational awareness, patient ID and safety enhancing technologies 1 / 3
- high risk medication
Answer what should be peer checked
- avoids relying on memory
Answer why are checklists considered an error prevention strategy
- observation in first minute in roo with patient
Answer what is 60 second situational awareness
- bar code scanning, CPOE, smart pumps, alarms/alerts
Answer examples of safe- ty-enhancing technologies
- root cause analysis
Answer a structured process for identifying the causal or contributing factors underlying adverse events or other critical incidents
- identify underlying problems that increase the likelihood of error while avoiding focusing
on mistakes made by individuals
Answer how does one go about root cause analysis
- surgical asepsis
Answer elimination of ALL microorganisms including spores
- situations in which surgical asepsis is necessary
Answer surgery, Urinary catheter, central IV, wound dressings 2 / 3
- relates to the degree of number of microorganisms present
Answer difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis
- what areas of the body are considered sterile
Answer circulatory system, urinary tract, spinal fluid, inside body cavities
- what areas of the body are considered unsterile
Answer upper respiratory tract, GI tract, skin
- principles of surgical asepsis
Answer sterile packages opened properly, raise the working surface to waist height, any doubt of sterility is considered unsterile, expired
sterile packages are considered unsterile, your back is considered contaminated so do NOT turn your back on sterile field; ONLY STERILE TO STERILE
- environmental safety risks
Answer falls, fire, poisoning, suffocation, firearms, equip- ment related accidents, procedure related accidents
- team STEPPS
Answer communication techniques; mutual support; leadership strategies, situation monitoring
- leadership strategies in teamSTEPPS
Answer planning/brief, problem solving/huddle, process implement/debrief
- situation monitoring
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