SAFETY
RNSG 1125
Professional Nursing Concepts I
Concept – SAFETY
Concept Definition
Protection from harm or injury for patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
Exemplars
National Patient Safety Goals
Standard Precautions
Environmental Safety & Medication Administration
Objectives
1. Explain the health care system concept of safety. (Including definition, antecedents, and attributes).
2. Analyze conditions which place a patient at risk for injury.
3. Analyze conditions which place the nurse at risk for harm or injury.
4. Identify when safety is being compromised or is developing and include the concept of missed nursing care.
5. Discuss exemplars of common safety practices such as standard precautions, national patient safety goals, environmental safety, and medication administration.
Assignments
Prior to class:
1. Review definitions of interrelated concepts on concept analysis diagram.
2. Review concept analysis diagram.
3. Required assigned reading:
*Page numbers, assignments, and other lecture information will be posted on
Blackboard.
· Giddens, J.F. (2017). Concepts for nursing practice. (2nd ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby Elsevier.
§ Chapter 47: Safety
· Yoost, B. L., & Crawford, L. R. (2015). Fundamentals of nursing: active learning for
collaborative practice. St Louis MO: Mosby Elsevier.
§ Chapter 25: Safety
§ Chapter 26: Asepsis and Infection Control
§ EAL & EAQ: Chapter 25
· Lehne Pharmacology Course:
§ Unit 1 and Unit 2
Concept content outline:
Concept: Safety
Sub Concepts: National Patient Safety Goals
Sentinel Events
Near miss/Adverse event
Antecedents: Knowledge of risk
Culture of safety
Risk Factors: Lack of knowledge
Fear of harm to patient or nurse
Assessment: Fall risk
Braden scale
Examination of environment
Need for restraints to maintain safety
Positive Outcomes:
Culture of transparency
Uneventful discharge and no harm
Negative Outcomes:
Extended hospitalization
Injury and or death
Increase cost and liability of the health care facility and provider
Clinical Management:
Nursing interventions
Collaborative interventions
Exemplars: National Patient Safety Goals
Standard Precautions
Skills course: environmental safety and medication administration
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