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| number of deaths by medical error each year vs. breast cancer, MVAs, and AIDS combined, per year |
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| 98,000 vs. 101,755, only 3,755 difference |
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| Cost implications for medical errors |
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| extended stay, malpractice suit, and reimbursement |
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| Types of preventable errors originating from MD and how to intercept them |
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med error: check against pt history, known facts, etc.
wrong surgical site: timeout
diagnostic inaccuracy: continuing education |
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| Types of preventable errors originating from external variables and how to intercept them |
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equipment failure: quality assurance
child abduction: code words and continuous monitoring |
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| Types of preventable errors originating from nurses and nursing aides and how to intercept them |
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system failure: double/triple check
transfusion error: double/triple check
mislabeled labs: double/triple check |
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| two focuses of "crossing quality chasm" recommendation |
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| Innovation & Improved Delivery of Care |
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| According to "Crossing the Quality Chasm," healthcare should be: |
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Safe & Patient-Centered
Effective & Efficient
Timely & Equitable
SET & PEE (teehee) |
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| How to achieve High Quality Healthcare |
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| Reengineer the process using evidenced based practice interdisciplinarily |
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| The CNL Role addresses... |
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...the fragmentation of delivery by fostering interprofessional care
...the quality/cost-effectiveness of care
...the shortage of nurse educators and therefore the shortage of nurses |
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| ...a generalist nurse clinician who manages a microsystem |
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| Practice at the microsystems level |
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One of the Ten Assumptions of the CNL Role:
Being held accountable for the outcomes of a unit, and for coordinating the care of the clients |
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| The measure of quality practice |
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| nurse-sensitive indicators against which outcomes are compared to validate quality |
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| Practice guidelines are based on... |
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| In an effort to improve upon practice guidelines, one must... |
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| ...seek evidence that challenges current practice |
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| Client-centered care is intra/interdisciplinary |
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One of the Ten Assumptions of the CNL Role:
CNL coordinates w/ a variety of team members and communicates with them effectively |
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| If presented with a situation you are uncomfortable with regarding the standards of practice, where the parties involved are very much your senior... |
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| ...they must be reported to the proper authority. |
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| CNL is responsible for _________ clients & families |
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| It is the CNL's responsibility to _____ their knowledge on a subject with ___________________ |
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| Share, other care providers |
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| The basis for theory & knowledge development |
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| the cost-effective/efficient use of resources: condition of quality care |
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| How to be a good fiscal steward |
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| treat resource use at the hospital like you would at home: ensure quality, yet fiscally responsible items are used or reserved PRN |
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| Communication Technology in Nursing |
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Definition
| Good way to monitor improvement, sustain relationships, and provide care |
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| the CNL must assume guardianship of the nursing profession |
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One of the Ten Assumptions of the CNL Role
we are encouraged to get involved wherever we can as leaders in the profession |
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