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| an RN is accountable to self as well as |
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| patient, society and profession |
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being answerable for actions or interventions
taking responibility and growth
an RN is ___________for patient, society and profession |
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| When a nurse conveys compassion and support for a patient she is showing ________________ |
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| chain of command is used when and starts with the ________. makes sure that patient care is not being compromised. It may be necassary to use the chain of command. |
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| consistently using chain of command does what |
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| reinforces the team effort to uphold standard of care |
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| beginnning skills,lacks experience,rule driven, concrete thinker and believes authority |
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| safe organization skills, some experience, |
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| A nurse is feeling uneasy about a patient falling and getting in the way of her time this would describe a __________nurse |
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| much experience, rec. patterns, critical thinker. adapt to change, has admirers |
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| great deal of experience,flexible and adaptable,responds to change with ease excellent critical thinker |
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commission'
omission
document measures to safe guard a pt |
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| when are occurance report filled out |
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| A relationship between a new grad or novice with an established practitioner is a ________________ |
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| the occurance report for nursing error is mandated by_____and is part of _________ __________ practice standards |
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Hospital policy
quality assurance |
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| what is the duty of the mentor |
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teach survival skills
assissts in understandin the agencies policies-political and power structure
support
advice
knowledge
experience |
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| patient care managment is the responsibility of the ______and is the development of the _______ ________ based on _______ |
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| RN, c.p., assessed pt responses to treatment and illness state of the patient |
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| what is crucial to the managemnt of patient care which involves the care plan but also |
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| prioritizing, collaboration, and delegation |
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| what does root cause analysis do |
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identifies the underlying causes
seek errors of process,
does not lay blame |
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| an eror has occured and a team of RN's lpn's and the md get together to discuss ways in which to improve the situation they are using _____________ |
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| when would an occuranc report be used in a punitive way |
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| occurance reporting is a means to_________ |
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| who defines the scope of practice or standards of practice |
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| ind. state boards of nursing |
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| who defines standards of care |
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state and national nursing organizations'
specaility organizations |
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| the graduate nurse enters the work force as a _______ |
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| how does a new RN become proficient |
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| what sets legal boundaries for nurses |
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| the nurse pracitce act for each state |
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| what are the RN success tools |
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| advance yourself and the profession,be accountable to self and profession, self esteem and motivation leads to EXPERT NURSE |
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| why is it important for the RN to go to supervisior with abberances? |
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risks harm to pt
legal and ethical consequences
issues of accountability will not be hard to resolved |
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| Abberances are reported when needed becasue the RN acts |
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| judiciously and prudentley— the manager needs to be infromed of the mistakes becasue the Rn needs to be accountable for the contribution of hte mistake and act accordingly |
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| it is a good idea to involve management in nursing care when the RN is taking away patients care time . Resolution should be easy and take _____________ |
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| one phone call other wise the issue takes away time for the patient and patient cares. |
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| performance evaluations are designed to destinguish RNs as |
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novice/safe level
competent
expert |
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ASSESS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
MAKE GOALS AND WRITE THEM OUT
SCHEDULE MEETINGS MONTHLY WITH BOSS TO EVALUATE PROGRSS TOWARD GOALS |
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| PRACTICE STANDARDS DETERMINE |
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IDEAL NURSING CARE
JUDGEMENT FALLS ON |
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| THE RN'S RESPONIBILITY IN MENTORSHIP |
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| COMMUNICATOR, EMPOWERED, LEARNING, ELF RELIANT,CONFIDENT, RESPECTFUL |
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| LOOKING AT A SITUATION IN A NEW MANNER IS CALLED_____AND IS A POSTIVE TECHNIQUE THAT WILL ASSIST IN BUILD ING ________ ___________ |
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| WHAT IS THE DOWN FALL TO LOOKING AT ONLY SUCCESS AND FAILURE |
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| MISSING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES |
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