RNSG 1430 Exam 2 Study Guide
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Physiological needs which influence safety include: - ✔✔Sufficient oxygen,
nutrition, & optimum temperature
(These must be met before physical & psychological safety & security can
be addressed)
What is the leading cause of burns, reported fires, deaths, & injuries
involving home medical oxygen? - ✔✔Smoking
A furnace, stove, or fireplace that is not properly vented introduces what
into the environment? - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
How does carbon monoxide affect a person? - ✔✔It binds to hemoglobin,
preventing the formation of oxyhemoglobin and thus reducing the supply of
oxygen delivered to tissues.
How long does it take for very high doses of carbon monoxide to kill a
person? - ✔✔1 - 3 minutes of exposure
What factors increase risk of falling? - ✔✔History of falling
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,65 years or older
Reduced vision
Orthostatic hypotension
Lower-extremity weakness
Gait & balance
Urinary incontinence
Improper use of walking aids
Various medications
HIV, aids, and hepatitis B virus or transmitted how? - ✔✔Blood, and other
select body fluids
What is adverse event? - ✔✔An event that results in unintended harm to
the patient by an act of commission/omission rather than disease or
condition.
Commission: irresponsible act you do
Omission: act you choose not to do and affect someone else
What is a near miss? - ✔✔An error of commission/omission that could have
harmed the patient, but serious harm did not occur as a result of chance,
prevention, mitigation.
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,What is a sentinel event? - ✔✔An unexpected occurrence involving death,
serious physical or psychological injury.
(Loss of limb/function, "sentinel" = immediate investigation)
What are diagnostic errors? - ✔✔The result of delay in diagnosis
Failure to employee indicated test
Use of outmoded test
Failure to act on results of test
What is a treatment error? - ✔✔Occurs in the performance of an operation.
(Procedure, test, administering treatment; dose/method of administering a
drug; or an avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal
test)
What are preventative errors? - ✔✔Failures to provide prophylactic
treatment and in adequate monitoring/follow-up of treatment.
(Realizing somethings wrong and not correcting it)
What is an active error? - ✔✔Errors made by those who are providing care,
responding to patient's needs at "sharp end."
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, (Sharp end correlates with direct patient care, placement of error)
What is a latent error? - ✔✔More organizational, contextual, and diffuse in
nature or design related. Errors at the "blunt end"
(Blunt end correlates with Organized systems, placement of error)
What does "just culture" refer to? - ✔✔Seeks to find a balance between the
need to learn from mistakes and the need for disciplinary action against
employees.
(People are not punished for a flawed system. There are exceptions.)
What antecedents need to exist in order for safety to be a concept? -
✔✔Knowledge of risk
Professional accountability
Motivation to achieve safety
Effective system process
Collaboration
T/F: A pathogen is present, so no infection will occur. - ✔✔False
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Physiological needs which influence safety include: - ✔✔Sufficient oxygen,
nutrition, & optimum temperature
(These must be met before physical & psychological safety & security can
be addressed)
What is the leading cause of burns, reported fires, deaths, & injuries
involving home medical oxygen? - ✔✔Smoking
A furnace, stove, or fireplace that is not properly vented introduces what
into the environment? - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
How does carbon monoxide affect a person? - ✔✔It binds to hemoglobin,
preventing the formation of oxyhemoglobin and thus reducing the supply of
oxygen delivered to tissues.
How long does it take for very high doses of carbon monoxide to kill a
person? - ✔✔1 - 3 minutes of exposure
What factors increase risk of falling? - ✔✔History of falling
1
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,65 years or older
Reduced vision
Orthostatic hypotension
Lower-extremity weakness
Gait & balance
Urinary incontinence
Improper use of walking aids
Various medications
HIV, aids, and hepatitis B virus or transmitted how? - ✔✔Blood, and other
select body fluids
What is adverse event? - ✔✔An event that results in unintended harm to
the patient by an act of commission/omission rather than disease or
condition.
Commission: irresponsible act you do
Omission: act you choose not to do and affect someone else
What is a near miss? - ✔✔An error of commission/omission that could have
harmed the patient, but serious harm did not occur as a result of chance,
prevention, mitigation.
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,What is a sentinel event? - ✔✔An unexpected occurrence involving death,
serious physical or psychological injury.
(Loss of limb/function, "sentinel" = immediate investigation)
What are diagnostic errors? - ✔✔The result of delay in diagnosis
Failure to employee indicated test
Use of outmoded test
Failure to act on results of test
What is a treatment error? - ✔✔Occurs in the performance of an operation.
(Procedure, test, administering treatment; dose/method of administering a
drug; or an avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal
test)
What are preventative errors? - ✔✔Failures to provide prophylactic
treatment and in adequate monitoring/follow-up of treatment.
(Realizing somethings wrong and not correcting it)
What is an active error? - ✔✔Errors made by those who are providing care,
responding to patient's needs at "sharp end."
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, (Sharp end correlates with direct patient care, placement of error)
What is a latent error? - ✔✔More organizational, contextual, and diffuse in
nature or design related. Errors at the "blunt end"
(Blunt end correlates with Organized systems, placement of error)
What does "just culture" refer to? - ✔✔Seeks to find a balance between the
need to learn from mistakes and the need for disciplinary action against
employees.
(People are not punished for a flawed system. There are exceptions.)
What antecedents need to exist in order for safety to be a concept? -
✔✔Knowledge of risk
Professional accountability
Motivation to achieve safety
Effective system process
Collaboration
T/F: A pathogen is present, so no infection will occur. - ✔✔False
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