NR 110 (Latest 2023 / 2024) Final exam 1
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workarounds:
a practice that deviates from accepted and expected practice protocols, a shortcut, an inappropriate action or omission of appropriate actions
blame free environment:
where individuals are able to report errors or near misses with out fear of reprimand or punishment
example of blame free environment:
a safety culture
just culture encourages:
erro reporting and seeks to understand workflow and process issues that lead to errors
just culture emphasizes:
zero tolerance for reckless behavior
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adverse response team:
work to reenact or stimulate adverse events to better understand the organizational or procedural processes that failed
alarm fatigue are causes by:
false alarms
alarm fatigue:
can compromise patient safety by slow response or no response to physiologic alarms
integration technology into the medication administration cycle can:
help reduce errors by preforming electronic checks abasing a database of safe med- ication administration parameters and providing alerts
things that can be done to improve alarm response include:
feeding alarm data into a reporting database for further analysis and encouraging nurses to make rounds with physicians to provide input to alarm settins
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