Patient safety in the icu - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

WGU C215 Q Bank For CPHQ Practice Questions And Answers A healthcare quality management professional has all of the following responsibilities toward improving patient safety EXCEPT: 1) Appointing a supervisor for a patient safety program 2) Incorporating new technology into a patient safety program 3) Helping to develop a patient safety program 4) Setting and reviewing goals for a patient safety program Correct Ans - 1) Appointing a supervisor for a patient safety program In terms o...

Ann Rails Scenario 1 You enter patient's room. After washing and gloving hands, you then identify yourself and the patient, Ann Rails. You notice she is crying and is expressing fear that she "will always have this pain and numbness" and she doesn't think she can cope. Scenario 2 Ms. Rails was medicated with hydrocodone 5 mg PO two hours ago and is now complaining of pain (8/10 pain scale). Scenario 3 Ms. Rails shares with you her fear of being discharged home to an abusive husband....

You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an RCA? a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the tape b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic requiring transfer to ICU. c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure d. There ha...

HUC EXAM Questions With Verified And Updated Solutions. A discrepancy report sent by the CSD is a list of items: A. that were used from a nursing unit supply closet but were not charged to any patient b. not used from the nursing unit supply closet C. found in the nursing unit supply closet that do not belong there D. charged to the wrong patient - answerD. charged to the wrong patient Which of the following items cannot be sent in the pneumatic tube system? A. empty test tubes B. patie...

1952 CORRECT ANSWER critical care was developed in _____ 1970's CORRECT ANSWER critical care evolved as a specialty in the ________ concerned with human responses to life-threatening problems such as trauma, major surgery, or complications of illness CORRECT ANSWER what is critical care concerned with? the focus of critical care nursing is specifically concerned with patient and family responses to life-threatening problems and the prevention as well as the cure of such problems CORREC...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act CORRECT ANSWER health care reform bill passed by Congress on March 23, 2010 Quality managment CORRECT ANSWER preventive approach designed to address problems before them become a crisis Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (hint= 2) CORRECT ANSWER 1. mission= improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare 2. they fund projects that address three quality indicators: prevention, quality and safety Leapfrog Group (h...

A staff member discovered a medication with an incorrect label. The staff immediately notified the pharmacist and the correct label was sent prior to medication administration. Then, the staff completed an event report through the organization's reporting tool. Which of the following actions should the unit manager take in response to this event? A.) Document the incident in the employee's performance review. B.) Investigate system failures and recognize the employee for reporting a near-...

Frances Guide Questions Bank| Pass Your Adult- Gerontology Acute Care (ANCC AGACNP) Certification Exam | 531 Questions and Answers. 1. You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee? a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes) b. Describe how to improve and expand the team - ANSWER a. stress importance of team 2. What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy ...

The nurse reviews assessment data on a group of patients. Which patient should the nurse identify as experiencing a critical illness? 1. Chronic airflow limitation with VS: BP 110/72, P 110, R 16 2. Acute bronchospasm with VS: BP 100/60, P 124, R 32 3. Motor vehicle crash with VS: BP 124/74, P 74, R 18 4. Chronic renal failure on hemodialysis with no urine output with VS: BP 98/50, P 108, R 12 - 2 Which patient should the nurse expect to be transferred to a critical care unit? Select all ...

CRNA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED (100% VERIFIED) What makes you tick? -an inner drive to do the best for my patient in one of the hardest times in their lives. -"am I being the best version of me that i can be?" if not, what can I do better, always reassessing and re-evaluating. A cycle of Always challenging myself and growing -learning the why behind my actions, knowing more and becoming an expert in my field. Talk about a difficult scenario where you acted as the patien...