Exam 1 Chapter 1 and 2 Flashcards
What are the attributes of patient-centered care?
Respect for pt values, preferences, and expressed needs. Coordination and integration of care. Information, communication, and education. Physical comfort. Emotional support and alleviation of fear and anxiety. Involvement of family/friends. Transition and continuity. Access to care.
What are the national Patient Safety Goals and what are their purpose?
Purpose is to improve patient safety and focuses on problems in healthcare safety and how to solve them.
1. identify pt correctly. 2. Improve staff communication. 3. use medicines safety 4. use alarms safety 5. prevent infection 6. id patient safety risks 7. prevent mistakes in surgery.
Why is communication important?
Poor communication causes many medical errors and patient safety risks.
What is SBAR?
formal method of communication between members of health care.
S- situation
B-background-background information that relates to situation.
A- assessment- analysis of the problem or pt need based on assessment data.
R- recommendations/Requests- state what is needed or what the desired outcome is.
What are the rights to delegation?
Right task. Right circumstances. Right person. Right communication. Right supervision.
Who is ultimately accountable for delegated tasks?
The nurse
What is supervision?
Guidance or direction, evaluation, and follow up by the nurse to ensure that the task or activity is performed appropriately.
What is failure to rescue?
The inability of nurses of other interprofessional health team members to save a patients life in a timely manner when a health care issue or medical complication occurs.
What is the purpose of Rapid Response Team?
to safe lives and decrease the risk for harm by providing care before a medical emergency occurs by intervening rapidly when needed for patient who are beginning to clinically decline.
Autonomy
self determination or self management. Capable of making informed decisions about their care.
Beneficence
promotes positive actions to help others. Encourages the nurse to do good for the patient.
Nonmaleficence
Preventing harm and ensuring the patients well being.
Fidelity
agreement that nurses will keep their obligations or promises to patient to follow through with care.
Veracity
nurse is obligated to tell the truth to the best of his or her knowledge.
Social justice
equality and fairness, all pts should be treated equally and fair.
