RNSG 1125 Safety questions with answers graded A+

RNSG 1125 SafetyDefine Safety - correct answer freedom from accidental injury protection from harm or injury Describe Safety - correct answer ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of operational systems and process that minimize errors Safe Care - correct answer avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them adverse event - correct answer Unintended harm by an act of commission or omission rather than as a result of disease process near miss - correct answer Error of commission or omission that could have harmed a patient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance sentinel error - correct answer unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury Categories of Errors - correct answer Diagnostic Treatment Preventive Communication Diagnostic Errors - correct answer the result of a delay in diagnosis, failure to employ indicated tests, use of outmoded tests, or failure to act on results of monitoring or testing Treatment errors - correct answer occur in the performance of an operation, procedure, or test; in the administration of a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a drug; or in avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal test result