HNN112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commode, Health Professional, Debt Management Plan
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Identify high risk practices in nursing (eg. falls, pressure injury, healthcare associated infections) Describe the role of the australian commission on safety and quality in health care. Describe and demonstrate appropriate use of body mechanics for safe manual handling consistent with the (cid:862)no lift(cid:863) policy. Perform a falls risk assessment using various tools: risk management for nurses. Common sources of risks in health care facilities includes: Infection control: the spread of pathogens: manual handling: such as lifting, carrying, pulling or pushing any loads, medication errors, patie(cid:374)t ide(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) (cid:862)id(cid:863) If a risk is assessed to be serious enough a range of potential risk treatments are identified to avoid or reduce impact: risk management plan, all the information gathered can then be filtered into a risk management plan. Introduce yourself: perform hand hygiene at the same time. The safety of the patient requires teams work. Even little errors can cause a serious death.
