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NUR 2206 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) EXAM 1 | A+ RATED GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2206 Exam 11. What is patient safety?
Answer
prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of errors
2. To Err is Human
Answer
challenged the healthcare system to focus on medical errors
3. false
Answer
a nurse should avoid restraints
true or false
a nurse should always resort to using restraints
4. Why is patient safety important?
Answer
•REDUCES THE RISK FOR ILLNESS & INJURY
• REDUCE LENGTH OF STAY (LOS)
• PROMOTES PATIENT WELL-BEING
• PROTECTS THE STAFF
5. TeamSTEPPS
Answer
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
6. SBAR
Answer
Situation Background Assessment Recommendation
,(a part of TeamSTEPPS)
7. 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
8. Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) 6 competencies
Answer
pa- tient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, EBP, quality improvement, safety, in- formatics
9. work arounds
Answer
o taking shortcuts from the expectations to achieve the same result in an easier/faster method
o these often occur as a result of poorly designed processes or equipment in a facility
10. dangerous abbreviations
Answer
o certain abbreviations can mean different things than intended which can decrease patient
safety and harm the pt
11. KSAs
Answer
knowledge, skills, attitudes
12. Adverse Event (AE)
Answer
injury caused by medical care
13. Adverse Drug Event (ADE)
Answer
adverse event involving medication use (allergic reaction, side effects not expected)
14. Sentinel Event
,Answer
adverse event that causes death or serious harm to patient; usually event is not
expected/anticipated (fall and break a hip)
15. Medication Errors
Answer
preventable event related to mistake in prescribing, dispens- ing, and/or administering
medications
16. Root Cause Analysis
Answer
process of identifying the cause and factors contributing to adverse events; identifying
underlying problems that increase the likelihood of errors while avoiding focusing mistakes by
individuals
17. Reporting of Errors
Answer
Blame-free, non-punitive reporting systems aimed at de- creasing errors and improving quality
care and patient safety
18. Communication
Answer
Interprofessional communication (IPC) and SBAR
19. Organizational error reporting systems
Answer
data from errors is shared with the team
20. Culture of Safety and Sammer Article
Answer
- Talks about how safety has seven subcultures
1. Leadership
, 2. Teamwork
3. Evidence-based
4. Communication
5. Learning
6. Just
7. Patient-centered
- Talks about how the entire healthcare team is in charge of patient safety
- Preventable medical errors are responsible for A LOT of deaths and the best
21. Rounding
Answer
pain, potty, position; check on patients frequently
22. Huddles
Answer
group meetings before and during shift
23. Peer checking
Answer
help out your peers
24. Checklists
Answer
safety strategy to ensure completing every task
25. Mnemonics
Answer
help remember tasks and eliminate errors
26. 60 second situational awareness
Answer
what to look for when you first walk into the patient's room (IV lines, clutter, call button, etc.)
27. Safety enhancing techniques
Answer
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