Risk Management-Nursing IV-Test 1

risk management focuses on

limiting a healthcare agency’s financial and legal risk associated with the delivery of patient care

nurses should question:

any order a patient questions

any order if the patient’s condition has changed

questions= and record verbal orders to avoid miscommunication

any order that is illegible, unclear, or incomplete

incident reports are designed to:

collect data to prevent future occurrences

incident reports should incude:

-patient’s account of what happened in direct quotes

-identify all witness involved

-name and indentifying info of any patient and healthcare personnel involved

-location, time, and date of incident

-equipment or medication involved