RNSG 1105 Nursing Skills [] [] [] []
Module 4 Exam with precise [] [] [] [] []
answers
Define safety - Correct answer ✔Freedom from psychological and
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physical injury
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Why is patient safety of utmost importance? - Correct answer
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✔Health care provided in a safe manner and a safe community
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environment is essential for a patient's survival and well-being. [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
A safe environment reduces the risk for illness and injury and
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helps to contain the cost of health care by preventing extended
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lengths of treatment and/or hospitalization, improving or
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maintaining a patient's functional status, and increasing a [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
patient's sense of well-being. [] [] []
How have the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the QSEN
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competencies and the Joint Commission: National Patient Safety [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
Goals impacted safe patient care? - Correct answer ✔The
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Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines as: [] [] [] [] []
Health care that established a partnership among practitioners,
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patients and their families to ensure that decisions respect
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patients' wants, needs, and preferences and that patients have
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the education and support they need to make decisions and
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participate in their own care. The Quality and safety education [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
for nurses (QSEN) project was developed to meet the challenge
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of preparing future nurses who will have the knowledge, skills,
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, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and
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safety of the health care systems within which they work. The
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QSEN safety competency for a nurse is defined as: minimizes
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risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
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effectiveness and individual performance. As a nurse you are [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
responsible for incorporating critical thinking skills when using [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
the nursing process, assessing each patient and his or her
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environment for hazards that threatened safety, and planning [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
and intervening appropriately to maintain a safe environment.
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What general factors pose a threat to patient safety and risk for
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falls? - Correct answer ✔Age - over 65 years old
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Previous falls []
Lifestyle
Impaired mobility []
Sensory or communication impairment [] [] []
Lack of safety awareness
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What factors in the home pose a threat to patient safety and
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risk for falls? - Correct answer ✔inadequate lighting
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Barriers in pathways and stairways [] [] [] []
Loose rugs and carpeting
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Lack of safety devices in the home
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What factors in a heath care facility pose a threat to patient
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safety and risk for falls? - Correct answer ✔Poor lighting
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High bed position
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Module 4 Exam with precise [] [] [] [] []
answers
Define safety - Correct answer ✔Freedom from psychological and
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physical injury
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Why is patient safety of utmost importance? - Correct answer
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✔Health care provided in a safe manner and a safe community
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environment is essential for a patient's survival and well-being. [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
A safe environment reduces the risk for illness and injury and
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helps to contain the cost of health care by preventing extended
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lengths of treatment and/or hospitalization, improving or
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maintaining a patient's functional status, and increasing a [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
patient's sense of well-being. [] [] []
How have the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the QSEN
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competencies and the Joint Commission: National Patient Safety [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
Goals impacted safe patient care? - Correct answer ✔The
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Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines as: [] [] [] [] []
Health care that established a partnership among practitioners,
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patients and their families to ensure that decisions respect
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patients' wants, needs, and preferences and that patients have
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the education and support they need to make decisions and
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participate in their own care. The Quality and safety education [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
for nurses (QSEN) project was developed to meet the challenge
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of preparing future nurses who will have the knowledge, skills,
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, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and
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safety of the health care systems within which they work. The
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QSEN safety competency for a nurse is defined as: minimizes
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risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
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effectiveness and individual performance. As a nurse you are [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
responsible for incorporating critical thinking skills when using [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
the nursing process, assessing each patient and his or her
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environment for hazards that threatened safety, and planning [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
and intervening appropriately to maintain a safe environment.
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What general factors pose a threat to patient safety and risk for
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falls? - Correct answer ✔Age - over 65 years old
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Previous falls []
Lifestyle
Impaired mobility []
Sensory or communication impairment [] [] []
Lack of safety awareness
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What factors in the home pose a threat to patient safety and
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risk for falls? - Correct answer ✔inadequate lighting
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Barriers in pathways and stairways [] [] [] []
Loose rugs and carpeting
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Lack of safety devices in the home
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What factors in a heath care facility pose a threat to patient
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safety and risk for falls? - Correct answer ✔Poor lighting
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High bed position
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