NR 224 Safety Worksheet _ Chamberlain College of Nursing | NR224 Safety Worksheet

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NR 224 Safety Worksheet _ Chamberlain College of Nursing Safety Worksheet What are the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) for 2014? Give one way to remedy these problems when w... orking on the patient care units. NPSG Remedy 1 Identify patients correctly 2 Improved staff communication 3 Safe medication usage 4 Prevent patient falls 5 Improve infection prevention 6 Patient safety issues; falls 7 Prevent surgical mistakes What are restraints? What are the two things you need to have BEFORE you place restraints on a patient? How are restraints classified? What are the nursing responsibilities for each of these classifications of restraints? What are the common complications of restraints? What are the 3 P’s for rounding on patients with restraints? How many finger breaths should there be between the restraint and the patient’s skin? Why is it important to have these finger breaths? How would you know if the restraint is too tight? What is the damage caused by restraints that are too tight? What would you do if the family removed the restraints while visiting the patient? Where do you attach a restraint when the patient is in bed? While in the wheelchair? How do you identify a patient? When do you identify a patient? What is an incident report? When do you complete an incident report? Where do you put an incident report go when you are finished filling it out? What is a fall? What can you do to prevent a fall? List at least 6 ways to prevent a fall. [Show More]

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