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What is an organization that requires all personnel to report near misses and breakdowns in care called?
Job Culture Organization
What is the first step the nurse takes to address medication safety?
Obtain knowledge of the medication, including evidence-based standards for administration
What is the purpose of the six competencies that are integrated into the national curriculum standards
for nursing?
So that all nurses are accountable for integrating safety and quality responsibilities into their daily work
Basing care decisions on knowledge of patient values and preferences is the definition of which of the
follow?
Patient-centered care
What characteristic do nurses have if they tend to reflect before they act, reflect during action, and
reflect on action and ask questions that lead to best current evidence and best practices?
Spirit of Inquiry
What does the "E" in QSEN stand for?
Education
Which of the following guidelines is inherent to safe medication administration?
Preventing the need for drug therapy, when possible by promoting health
Serious of life-threatening adverse effect identified by the FDA as being associated with a drug are
identified in this text as which of the following:
Black Box Warnings
As part of a class discussion, a nursing instructor describes which agency as being responsible for the
approval of new drugs in the United States?
Food and Drug Administration
After administering a medication to a client, the client reports an upset stomach. The nurse interprets
this as a negative effect of the drug and identifies it as a(n):
Adverse effect
Which term is used to describe the study of drugs and their action on living organisms?
Pharmacology