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National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)
Provides evidence and expert based solutions to problem areas in terms of patient safety
What are the goals of National Patient Safety?
~Identify patient correctly
~Improve Staff communication
~Medication safety
~Alarm safety
~Prevent infection
~Identify patient safety risk and prevent surgery related mistakes
What does SBAR stand for?
S: Situation
B: Background
A: Assessment
R: Recommendation
When would a nurse use SBAR and why?
The TeamSTEPPS curriculum features tools that may be used by team members to enhance a
given competency; a commonly used example of such a tool is the SBAR format for
communicating critical information
Advanced Directive
,a written document that specifies if extraordinary measures are to be taken to prolong life if
the patient can no longer make his/her own decision
Durable Power of Attorney
a legal agreement that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of the
patient
What is a Chronic condition?
a medical condition or health problem with associated symptoms that requires long-term (3
months or longer) management
Ways to manage pain
• Effective and safe analgesia
• Optimal relief
• Comfort function goal
• Responsibility of all members of the healthcare team
• Pharmacologic: multimodal
• Routes and dosing
• Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
abnormally low absolute neutrophil count
neutropenia
What is the difference between friction and shear?
friction = rug burn
shear = force of gravity as well as tear in skin
Preventative Health Screening: Primary Prevention
, reducing risk of disease through health promotion and risk reduction strategies
Ex: Education (wearing sunscreen, bike helmet)
Preventative Health Screening: Secondary Prevention
Screening and early detection activities
Ex: Self exams (breast and testicular)
Preventative Health Screening: Tertiary Prevention
Already have disease and are trying to prevent recurrence or comorbidity
Acute Pain vs. Chronic Pain
Acute pain: short term, self-limiting, dissipates after injury heals, follows a predictable
trajectory
Chronic Pain: continues 6 months or longer, types are malignant and nonmalignant, does not
stop when injury heals
What are the signs that death is immanent?
Sleeping More
Eating and Drinking Less
Withdrawing From People
Changing Vital Signs
Changing Waste Functions
Dropping Body Temperature
Weakening Muscles
Breathing Trouble
Increasing Confusion
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National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)
Provides evidence and expert based solutions to problem areas in terms of patient safety
What are the goals of National Patient Safety?
~Identify patient correctly
~Improve Staff communication
~Medication safety
~Alarm safety
~Prevent infection
~Identify patient safety risk and prevent surgery related mistakes
What does SBAR stand for?
S: Situation
B: Background
A: Assessment
R: Recommendation
When would a nurse use SBAR and why?
The TeamSTEPPS curriculum features tools that may be used by team members to enhance a
given competency; a commonly used example of such a tool is the SBAR format for
communicating critical information
Advanced Directive
,a written document that specifies if extraordinary measures are to be taken to prolong life if
the patient can no longer make his/her own decision
Durable Power of Attorney
a legal agreement that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of the
patient
What is a Chronic condition?
a medical condition or health problem with associated symptoms that requires long-term (3
months or longer) management
Ways to manage pain
• Effective and safe analgesia
• Optimal relief
• Comfort function goal
• Responsibility of all members of the healthcare team
• Pharmacologic: multimodal
• Routes and dosing
• Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
abnormally low absolute neutrophil count
neutropenia
What is the difference between friction and shear?
friction = rug burn
shear = force of gravity as well as tear in skin
Preventative Health Screening: Primary Prevention
, reducing risk of disease through health promotion and risk reduction strategies
Ex: Education (wearing sunscreen, bike helmet)
Preventative Health Screening: Secondary Prevention
Screening and early detection activities
Ex: Self exams (breast and testicular)
Preventative Health Screening: Tertiary Prevention
Already have disease and are trying to prevent recurrence or comorbidity
Acute Pain vs. Chronic Pain
Acute pain: short term, self-limiting, dissipates after injury heals, follows a predictable
trajectory
Chronic Pain: continues 6 months or longer, types are malignant and nonmalignant, does not
stop when injury heals
What are the signs that death is immanent?
Sleeping More
Eating and Drinking Less
Withdrawing From People
Changing Vital Signs
Changing Waste Functions
Dropping Body Temperature
Weakening Muscles
Breathing Trouble
Increasing Confusion
