NUR 2214 Exam 1
- Priority of Nursing Care
Answer
-ABC's- airway, breathing, circulation -Maslow's -Patient Safety
- Medication Errors
Answer
-Severe error that may lead or cause inappropriate medica- tion 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 1 / 3
-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 2 / 3
-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 pro- viding 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
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