Definitions

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Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)

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Organisms resistant to antibiotics; requires a harsher course of action

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Normal flora

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Microorganisms that live on skin, throat, GI tract, and on all other surfaces

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Interferon

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Nonspecific chemical inhibitor secreted by the body from a viral infection response

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Granulocytes

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Contains granules of digestive enzymes

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Agranulocytes

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Lack digestive enzymes

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Antigens

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Foreign particles

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What are Antibodies?

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Specific resistance to bacteria/viral infections

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HAIs (healthcare associated infections)

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MDROs produced from unsuccessful sterile techniques in the healthcare environment

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Opportunistic organisms

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Organisms in the right place at the right time, that do not usually cause infection.

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Colonization

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Organisms that grow and multiply on a surface without invading

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Nosocomial infection

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Hospital acquired infection

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SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome)

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Earliest presenting symptoms of sepsis:
Fever
HR >90
RR > 20
PaCO2 < 32 mmHg
WBCs >12,000, <4,000

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Sepsis

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Severe systemic inflammatory response due to infection

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Communicable period

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Time period which disease is passed person-to-person

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Communicable disease

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Causative agent transmitted person-to-person

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Leukocytosis

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Rise in circulating WBCs above 5,000-10,000 cells/mm3

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Shift to the left

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Increase in # of immature cells

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MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration)

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Minimal amount of drug necessary to inhibit microbial growth in the lab

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Superinfection

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Secondary infection occurring when normal flora is destroyed

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Incision

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Type of acute intentional wound as part of a surgical treatment

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Epidermis

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Skins outer layer

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Desquamation

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Continuous shedding

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Quality and safety

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Viewed on a continuum from poor to high; quality care must be safe care.

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What is Safety science?

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Examine nature of safety, causes of errors, and systems for patient safety

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What is RCA? (root cause analysis)

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Determining the underlying cause of an event.

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What is one RCA Tool?

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Ask why 5 times.

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Just culture

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Error evaluation that examines the nature error to determine appropriate response to person who made the error.

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Sentinel events

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Safety errors resulting in death or serious injury

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QSEN (quality and safety education for nurses)

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Designed to provide framework for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for future nurses.

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IOM (institute of medicine’s) 6 competencies:

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1. Patient-centered care 2. Teamwork and collaboration 3. Evidence-based practice (EBP) 4. Quality improvement (QI) 5. Safety 6. Informatics

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CLABSI

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Central line infections

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Therapeutic communication

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Facilities interactions focused on patient and their concerns.

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Reflection

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Understanding the communication through introspections of events in care you provide

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Metacommunication

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All forms of communication

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Advocacy

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Standing up for pt rights

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Written communication

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Documentation to convey info to others

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Verbal communication

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Spoken words

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Feedback

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Words of encouragement , support,

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Nonverbal communication

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Gestures, facial expression, posture, space, appearance, body movement, touch, tone/volume, rate of speech, silence

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Congruent relationship

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Working together, actively understands and communicates with each other

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Incongruent relationship

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Saying one thing but showing another

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Sender

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Person with communication purpose

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Encoding

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Process of getting the purpose translated into code; results in a message.

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Communication channel

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Message carrier

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Decode

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Understand

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Empathy

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You’re putting yourself in their shoes

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Circle of confidentiality

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Includes all associated with the patient care

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Compassion fatigue

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Burnout from second hand trauma experience

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Cognitive reframe

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Coping skill helping with altering perception of an event and helps to overcome catastrophic thinking about said event.

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Focused health assessment

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Based on patients problems

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Subjective data

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Data the patient gives you

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Objective data

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Data you find

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Health history

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Past medical happenings

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Secondary data

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Sources before you introduce yourself

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Primary data

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Gathered from patient directly