NSE 12A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Orthostatic Hypotension, Gait Abnormality
31 Jan 2016
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Discuss how organizations can build a culture of safety . Enabling health care providers to communicate effectively and to provide timely assistance for errors. Education of nursing and other health care students to view mistakes as learning, to know and prevent conditions that lead to unsafe practices and to develop the competencies for safe practice. Understanding of patient safety concepts, epidemiology and basic theories. Role modelling and demonstration of a commitment to leadership in safe. Promotion of a systems approach to care and safety. Promotion of staff empowerment to resolve unsafe situations practice. Individuals that work machinery while under the influence of chemical substances those who work at inherently dangerous jobs individuals experiencing stress, anxiety, fatigue, or alcohol or drug withdrawal individuals taking prescribed medications. Patient-inherent accidents: accidents (other than falls) in which the patient is the primary reason for the accident: self-inflicted cuts, injuries and burns.
