Quiz 4 NSG 1000
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1. safety minimizes risk of harm to patients & providers
via both system effectiveness & individual per-
formance
2. KSA's knowledge, skills & attitudes
3. the goal of safety deliver highest quality & safest care possible
4. how many people die from prevenatble over 400,000
medical errors every year?
5. what are some common harms to patient adverse drug effects, falls, HIAS (healthcare as-
safety sociated infections)
6. what is a sentinel event? patient safety event that results in death, per-
manent harm, or severe temporary harm
7. what is a never event? an error that should have never happened in
the first place
8. examples of sentinel events: -Wrong patient
-Wrong site
-Wrong procedure
-Delay in treatment
-Suicide
-Operative or post-op complications
-Retention of foreign body
-Medication error
-Perinatal death or injury
-Criminal events
9. examples of never event: - care mismanagement
- device or product mishaps
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- enviornmental dangers
- failure to protect patients
- surgical errors
- radiological mishaps
10. what are the 2 types of common medical errors of omission & errors of comission
errors?
11. what are errors of omission? errors that occur as a result of actions not taken
12. examples of errors of omission: - not taking vitals
- not keeping sterile enviornment
- not caring / laziness
13. what are errors of comission? errors that occur as a result of the wrong action
being taken
14. examples of errors of comission: - giving wrong medications
- mixing up patients
- wrong procedures
15. what is the Joint Commission (JC) do? evaluate healthcare organizations & accredits
them if approved
16. how should one respond to a medical er- immediately investigate & report
ror? (2 things)
17. just culture means: approach to error evaluation that examines the
nature of the error to determine why error
occurred & what can be done about it
18. patient safety can look like: monitoring patient, detecting errors & near
misses, understanding care processes & weak-
nesses, collabing with team
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Latest Quiz 4 NSG 1000 (Answer Guide)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_j8nndr
1. safety minimizes risk of harm to patients & providers
via both system effectiveness & individual per-
formance
2. KSA's knowledge, skills & attitudes
3. the goal of safety deliver highest quality & safest care possible
4. how many people die from prevenatble over 400,000
medical errors every year?
5. what are some common harms to patient adverse drug effects, falls, HIAS (healthcare as-
safety sociated infections)
6. what is a sentinel event? patient safety event that results in death, per-
manent harm, or severe temporary harm
7. what is a never event? an error that should have never happened in
the first place
8. examples of sentinel events: -Wrong patient
-Wrong site
-Wrong procedure
-Delay in treatment
-Suicide
-Operative or post-op complications
-Retention of foreign body
-Medication error
-Perinatal death or injury
-Criminal events
9. examples of never event: - care mismanagement
- device or product mishaps
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Latest Quiz 4 NSG 1000 (Answer Guide)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_j8nndr
- enviornmental dangers
- failure to protect patients
- surgical errors
- radiological mishaps
10. what are the 2 types of common medical errors of omission & errors of comission
errors?
11. what are errors of omission? errors that occur as a result of actions not taken
12. examples of errors of omission: - not taking vitals
- not keeping sterile enviornment
- not caring / laziness
13. what are errors of comission? errors that occur as a result of the wrong action
being taken
14. examples of errors of comission: - giving wrong medications
- mixing up patients
- wrong procedures
15. what is the Joint Commission (JC) do? evaluate healthcare organizations & accredits
them if approved
16. how should one respond to a medical er- immediately investigate & report
ror? (2 things)
17. just culture means: approach to error evaluation that examines the
nature of the error to determine why error
occurred & what can be done about it
18. patient safety can look like: monitoring patient, detecting errors & near
misses, understanding care processes & weak-
nesses, collabing with team
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