Patient Safety and Quality

1. Discuss the importance of consensus standards for public reporting of patient safety events.
2. Describe environmental hazards that pose risks to a persons safety.
3. Discuss methods to reduce physical hazards and the transmission of pathogens.
4. Discuss the specific risks to safety related to developmental age.
5. Identify the factors to assess when a patient is in restraints.
6. Describe the four categories of safety risks in a health care agency.
7. Describe assessment activities designed to identify a patients physical, psychosocial, and cognitive status as it pertains to their safety.
8. Identify relevant nursing diagnoses associated with risks to safety.
9. Develop a nursing care plan for patients whose safety is threatened.
10. Describe nursing interventions specific to a patients age for reducing risk of falls, fires, poisonings, and electrical hazards.
11. Define the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote safety in a health care setting.

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