Week 3 Lab - Personal Safety

Lab Week 3: Safety: Personal Safety ● Discuss the nurses’ role in advancing patient safety and reducing harm - Following protocol Always report incidents, as it could reduce harm through updating machinery or procedures Remember to listen to your patients; they have health care experience as well, but from the opposite side of the health care interaction Harm is a product of unsafe acts Remaining aware of the environment Following protective guidelines and practices Understanding personal expertise and limitations to be able to provide the best care ● Discuss the importance of student/nurse safety (within various settings) and nursing standards. - Personal safety, like with a dangerous patient Don’t be alone if you are worried Ask another nurse to come in with you Prioritize personal safety and wellness so you can be fit to perform your duties ● Review the dimensions of harm that can affect aspects such as the physical, and psychosocial. - 1) harmful incident: a patient safety incident that resulted in harm to the patient 2) near miss: a patient safety incident that did not reach the patient and therefore no harm resulted 3) no-harm incident: a patient safety incident that reached the patient but no discernible harm resulted ● Discuss attributes of a culture of safety. - A set of shared beliefs, values, and practices within an organization that prioritize the well-being of individuals and promote the prevention of accidents and injuries. Employees feel safe reporting safety concerns, incidents, near-misses, or hazards is crucial. Workers at all levels should be actively engaged in safety initiatives, helping create a sense of ownership and accountability. There is continuous communication and teamwork ● Discuss how you can keep yourself safe as a student on campus. - Campus security Help-lines safe-walk Sears, K., Rotter, T., Rokaya Sedgewick, J., & Medves, J., (2020). Improving patient and nurse safety: Learning from past experiences. In D. Gregory, C. Raymond, L. Patrick, & T. Stephen (Ed.) Fundamentals: Perspectives on the art and sciences of Canadian nursing (2nd ed, pp. 262-270). Conroy, T., Feo, R., Boucaut, R., Alderman, J., Kitson, A., (2017). Role of effective nursepatient relationships in enhancing patient safety. Nursing Standard. Vol. 31 No. 49. Key Terms Adverse Event: describes an adverse event as an unexpected and undesired effect during the process of providing care Contributing factors: The reason(s), situational factor(s), or latent conditions that caused an adverse event Critical Incident: A serious incident (undesired outcome) resulting in loss of life or loss of body parts Disclosure: A caregiver”s well-defined communication process (disclosed by a caregiver) to inform the patient and their families of a safety issue Incident: An event, process, practice, or outcome that creates a risk for patients Patient Safety: A set of practices designed to promote positive patient outcomes by reducing and intercepting harmful acts Root cause analysis (RCA): A systematic process of investigating a critical incident to determine the multiple, underlying, and causal factors. Risk: The Probability of danger, loss, or life-threatening injury within health care Risk Management: An organized strategy, designed to reduce and prevent adverse events or moderate the actual financial losses following an undesired outcome System Failure: the entirety of a health care process, operation, or structure that caused the patients and/or health care workers injury or undesired outcome