NUR 2206 Midterm 1
- 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
- Near Miss
Answer when you catch an error before it reaches the patient
- Safety
Answer minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
- Human Error
Answer unintended, inevitable, most accepted form of error but should still be minimized
- Skill-based errors
Answer errors that occur during tasks that are so routine, one may not think while performing it > avoid multitasking and address contributing environmental factors
- Rule-based errors
Answer errors that occur when rules are mis-applied, bad rules are implemented, one chooses not to comply, or is reckless > use checklists
- Knowledge-based errors
Answer errors that occur in new or unfamiliar situations where there is no known rule or skill to implement > ask for help, step away and prob- lem-solve 1 / 3
- System-based errors
Answer caused by policies, procedures, labeling, etc. within insti- tution
- Adverse Event
Answer any injury caused by medical care
- Adverse Drug Event
Answer adverse event involving medication use
- Sentinel Event
Answer adverse event in which death or serious harm to pt occurs
- Medication Error
Answer any PREVENTABLE event that may cause or lead to unin- tended and incorrect medication use or pt harm while the medication is in the control of the HCP or pt
- Rounding
Answer RNs or CNAs assess the pt every hour using the 4 P's (pain, position, potty, placement of environmental items)
- Peer checking
Answer with high risk meds, a 2nd nurse will come in and double check independently
- Work-arounds
Answer a deviation from the expected pattern of work to achieve an end by bypassing safety features 2 / 3
- Just Culture
Answer taking the blame away from the nurse and analyzing the human error to figure out causes and ways to avoid these errors in the future
- Surgical Asepsis (sterile technique)
Answer items are free of all microorganisms including spores and viruses
- Reticular Activating System
Answer area of brainstem responsible for wakefulness (receives few stimuli during sleep)
- Neurotransmitters needed for sleep
Answer gamma-aminobutyric acid
- Neurotransmitters needed for wakefulness
Answer norepinephrine, ACh, dopamine, histamine
- Delta Sleep
Answer 20% of total sleep; slow-wave sleep that occurs during NREM stages 3 and 4
- Sleep stage where seizure threshold is decreased
Answer NREM
- Sleep stage where you may see dysrhythmias, increased apneic episodes, increased gastric
acid reflux, and penile erections
Answer
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