NUR 163 Notes Week 3 Day 1 Safety in Older Adults

NUR163 Week 3, Day 1 Concept of Safety for the Older Adult Safety – Freedom from accidental injuries, ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of errors and maximizes the likelihood of intercepting them when they occur. Safe Care – Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them.  Safe Care involves making evidence based clinical decisions to maximize the health outcomes of an individual to minimize the potential for harm. Patient Safety – Prevention of healthcare errors and the elimination or mitigation of patient injury caused by healthcare errors. Safety has TWO dimensions  What the nurse does individually - The nurse practices personally and their education. 1. Not using abbreviations 2. Doing the 6 rights/3 Med checks 3. Scanning bar codes 4. Reviewing unknown medications 5. Making check lists to help memory 6. Effective communication  The Healthcare system – The rules for practice that they have in place and education provided for the nurses help on behalf of the institution. 1. Enhancing technology – Bar codes, com