University:
Loyola University Chicago
Course:
Gnur 383 | Nursing Leadership
Academic year:

2023
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318

Pages:

1
Author:

Kylee Fuentes

ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: Basic Concept STUDENT NAME _____________________________________ CONCEPT ______________________________________________________________________________ Related Content Underlying Principles (E.G., DELEGATION, LEVELS OF PREVENTION, ADVANCE DIRECTIVES) reporting incidents 5 REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER ___________ Nursing Interventions WHO? WHEN? WHY? HOW? - incident reports are records of unexpected or unusual incidents that affect a client, employee, volunteer, or visitor in a health care facility - incident reports may be referred to as unusual occurance or quality variance reports by a health care facility - in most states as long as proper safeguards are employed, incident reports cannot be supoenaed by clients or used as evidence in lawsuits - examples of circumstances under which an incident report should be filed include: * medication errors * procedure/treatment errors * equipment related injuries/errors * client falls/injuries *needle stick injuries *visitor/volunteer injuries *loss of property - in the event of an incident that involves a client, employee, volunteer, or visitor, the nurse's priority is to assess the individual for injuries and institute any immediate care measures necessary to decrease further injury. If it was a client-related incident, the provider should then be notified, and additional tests should be carried out as prescribed - should be completed by the person who identifies that an unexpected event has occured (this may or may not be the individual most direct involved in the incident) - should bve completed as soon as possible and within 24 hrs of the incident

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