Nursing 4320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Continual Improvement Process, Disclose, Bacteremia
19 Dec 2017
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Informal patient patient in psychiatric facility having been admitted with consent of another person (< 16 or incapable) Informal patient requiring medical care if patient capable they can refuse care. Best practice is to have competency assessment completed once made involuntary (e. g. form 3 or 4) to determine capacity to make own decisions. Sdm/poa can override the wishes of the patient if they become incapable (e. g. patient wishes dnr, The reduction and mitigation of unsafe acts within the health-care system as well as through the use of best practices shown to lead to optimal patient outcomes. Essentially, patient safety is about constantly working to avoid, manage and treat unsafe acts within the health care system. Unsafe act = practices or procedures that lead to actual or potential adverse events (aka patient safety incidents) A way of doing things (philosophy: this is how we do things here it"s what we value
