Safety 2023-24

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.