UNIT 7 ASSIGNMENT PRINCIPLES
OF SAFE REVIEW IN HEALTH
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ ANA Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statement (2) Answer: 1.
Nurses are in a key position to impact patient safety & quality care
2. Nurses have a moral obligation to promote safety & quality
◉ failure of a planned action to be completed as intended (error of
execution) or use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim (error in
planning) Answer: Medical Errors
◉ results when action is not taken or omitted Answer: Error of
Omission
◉ Example of Error of Omission Answer: Nurse does not assess a
patient after surgery
Nurse does not give a medication
◉ results when the wrong action is taken or committed Answer:
Error of Commission
,◉ Example of Error of Commission Answer: Nurse giving a
medication to the wrong medication
Performing a procedure incorrectly
◉ error occurs in the presence of a potential hazard Answer: unsafe
acts
◉ True or False
Violations & errors always result in harm or accidents Answer:
False; they don't always but have the potential to do so
◉ deliberate act or deviation from policy & procedure or safe
practices as defined by regulatory agencies Answer: Violations
◉ Example of Violation Answer: Neglecting to check a patient's
name band before medication administration
Break protocol
◉ execution error & do not result in the intended outcome; observed
by others Answer: Slips
◉ Example: Nurse documented that she gave a medication on wrong
chart Answer: Slips
, ◉ execution error & involves a memory failure; only observable to
nurse Answer: Lapse
◉ Example: Nurse forgets to give a medication & does not document
it Answer: Lapse
◉ reactions that do not result in the intended outcome; often
difficult to detect & pose a greater danger to patients Answer:
Mistakes
◉ Example: UAP tells the nurse that a patient's temp. is elevated.
The nurse checks the patient's chart for an order & administers
medication for fever. Later, the nurse realizes that the UAP told her
that the wrong patient had the elevated temp. & so the nurse gave
the medication to a patient who had an order but didn't have an
elevated temp. Answer: Mistake
◉ potential error that was discovered before it was carried out
Answer: Near Miss
◉ Example: Nurse enters a patient's room to administer a
medication & realizes that it's the wrong patient. She immediately
leaves the room with the medication & avoids the commission of an
error Answer: Near Miss
OF SAFE REVIEW IN HEALTH
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ ANA Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statement (2) Answer: 1.
Nurses are in a key position to impact patient safety & quality care
2. Nurses have a moral obligation to promote safety & quality
◉ failure of a planned action to be completed as intended (error of
execution) or use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim (error in
planning) Answer: Medical Errors
◉ results when action is not taken or omitted Answer: Error of
Omission
◉ Example of Error of Omission Answer: Nurse does not assess a
patient after surgery
Nurse does not give a medication
◉ results when the wrong action is taken or committed Answer:
Error of Commission
,◉ Example of Error of Commission Answer: Nurse giving a
medication to the wrong medication
Performing a procedure incorrectly
◉ error occurs in the presence of a potential hazard Answer: unsafe
acts
◉ True or False
Violations & errors always result in harm or accidents Answer:
False; they don't always but have the potential to do so
◉ deliberate act or deviation from policy & procedure or safe
practices as defined by regulatory agencies Answer: Violations
◉ Example of Violation Answer: Neglecting to check a patient's
name band before medication administration
Break protocol
◉ execution error & do not result in the intended outcome; observed
by others Answer: Slips
◉ Example: Nurse documented that she gave a medication on wrong
chart Answer: Slips
, ◉ execution error & involves a memory failure; only observable to
nurse Answer: Lapse
◉ Example: Nurse forgets to give a medication & does not document
it Answer: Lapse
◉ reactions that do not result in the intended outcome; often
difficult to detect & pose a greater danger to patients Answer:
Mistakes
◉ Example: UAP tells the nurse that a patient's temp. is elevated.
The nurse checks the patient's chart for an order & administers
medication for fever. Later, the nurse realizes that the UAP told her
that the wrong patient had the elevated temp. & so the nurse gave
the medication to a patient who had an order but didn't have an
elevated temp. Answer: Mistake
◉ potential error that was discovered before it was carried out
Answer: Near Miss
◉ Example: Nurse enters a patient's room to administer a
medication & realizes that it's the wrong patient. She immediately
leaves the room with the medication & avoids the commission of an
error Answer: Near Miss
