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Self-fulfillment actualization
The process of achieving one's full potential, including engaging in creative activities.
Esteem needs
The desire for prestige and a sense of accomplishment.
Belongingness and love needs
The need for intimate relationships and friendships.
Safety needs
The requirement for security and protection from harm.
Physiological needs
Basic needs such as food, water, warmth, and rest.
Safety and security
Fundamental human needs encompassing freedom from danger, harm, or risk.
Nursing diagnoses
Identification of patient conditions that require nursing intervention.
Developmental stage
The specific phase of growth and maturation in an individual's life.
Factors affecting safety
Various elements influencing an individual's safety, including developmental level, lifestyle, and environment.
Patient safety
The responsibility of all healthcare providers to ensure the well-being and protection of patients.
Hazard identification
Recognizing potential dangers and promoting wellness.
Environmental hazards
Risks in the surroundings that can pose a threat to an individual's safety.
Risk factors
Elements that increase the likelihood of accidents or harm.
Alteration in consciousness
Changes in awareness or mental state, such as confusion or disorientation.
Falls risk factors
Conditions or situations that increase the likelihood of falling.
Safety assessments
Evaluations focusing on the individual, environment, and specific risk factors.
High risk for falls
Characteristics that indicate an individual is at an increased risk of falling.
Domestic violence
Abuse or neglect that occurs within a household or family setting.
Fire and Burn Safety
Measures to prevent fires and burns, including storing chemicals safely, installing smoke detectors, having a fire escape plan, and keeping flammable items out of reach of children.
Preventing Falls and Other Injuries
Steps to avoid falls and injuries, such as keeping stairways clear, using safety gates, installing grab bars, and securing rugs.
Firearm Safety
Practices to ensure firearm safety, like storing guns and ammunition separately, using trigger locks, and discussing gun risks with children.
Electrical Safety
Precautions to maintain electrical safety, including using safety covers on outlets, keeping cords in good condition, and unplugging appliances when not in use.
Preventing Asphyxiation or Choking
Measures to prevent choking and asphyxiation, like keeping small objects out of reach, cutting food into small pieces, and turning off appliances before leaving.
Preventing Poisoning
Actions to prevent poisoning, such as supervising children, storing medicines securely, and keeping poisonous plants out of reach.
Patient Outcomes for Safety
Goals related to safety outcomes for patients, like identifying unsafe situations, implementing safety measures, and remaining injury-free.
Injury Control
Strategies for injury prevention, including teaching about safety, providing acute care, and reducing the severity of injuries.
Safety Considerations for Neonates
Safety guidelines for newborns, such as avoiding harmful behaviors, using crib rails, and placing infants on their backs to sleep.
Safety Considerations for Toddlers/Preschoolers
Safety tips for young children, including supervising closely, childproofing the home, using appropriate safety equipment, and teaching fire safety.
Safety Considerations for School-Aged Children
Safety measures for school-aged kids, like avoiding dangerous activities, teaching bicycle safety, and reinforcing safety interventions at home and school.
Safety Considerations for Adolescents
Safety guidelines for teenagers, including teaching safe driving, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, emphasizing gun safety, and discussing risks associated with the Internet.
Safety Consideration for Adults
Measures to ensure safety for adults including stress management, defensive driving courses, counseling on health habits, workplace safety evaluation, and awareness about domestic violence.
Safety Considerations for Older Adults
Safety precautions for older adults such as identifying hazards, modifying environment, defensive driving courses, vision and hearing tests, ensuring functional hearing aids and eyeglasses, smoke detectors, and reporting signs of neglect or abuse.
Preventing falls in the healthcare facility
Strategies to prevent falls in healthcare settings including orienting individuals to surroundings and using restraints when necessary.
Hendrich II Fall Risk Model
A model to assess fall risk factors including confusion, depression, medications, dizziness, and other criteria to determine the risk level.
Factors That Contribute to Falls
Various factors contributing to falls such as weakness, poor vision, balance issues, psychoactive medications, dizziness, and home hazards.
Nursing Interventions to Prevent Falls in a Healthcare Facility
Interventions to prevent falls like risk assessment, keeping bed low, using call bell, providing nonskid footwear, and documenting changes in cognitive status.
Safety Improvement Strategies
Methods to improve safety including tools like Targeted Solutions Tool, Falls Toolkit, Falls Prevention Training Program, and Root Cause Analysis.
Using Restraints in Healthcare Facilities
Information on physical and chemical restraints used in healthcare settings and the importance of using them as a last resort.
Physiologic Hazards Associated With Restraints
Risks associated with using restraints including injury, skin breakdown, contractures, incontinence, depression, anxiety, aspiration, and respiratory difficulties.
Facility Safety Fire Safety
Measures to prevent equipment and procedure-related accidents, filling safety event reports, and handling hospital fires effectively.
Safety Event Reports
Reports that must be completed after any accident or incident in a healthcare facility that compromises safety, describing the circumstances and the patient's response to the incident.
Nurse
The healthcare professional responsible for completing Safety Event Reports immediately after an incident, detailing the examination and treatment of the patient.