Description
Medical Error Prevention for Nursing
Presented by: The Florida Professional Liability Self-Insurance Programs
Disclosure Statement: The Florida Professional Liability Self-Insurance Program has disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships. No one else in a position to control content has any financial relationships to disclose.
Requirements for Successful Completion: This CME activity consists of an educational component (slides, audio/online lecture) which is followed by an online post-test. Certificates are awarded upon successful completion (80% proficiency) of the post-test. In order to receive credit, participants must view the presentation in its entirety.
Release Date: 03/01/2023
Expiration Date: 03/31/2025
Target Audience: Nurses and Specialty Nurses.
Learning Objectives: As a result of the participation in this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss the multiple factors propelling medical error prevention and patient safety efforts.
2. Review Joint Commission standards relating to Sentinel Events.
3. Distinguish between Failure Mode and Effect Analysis and Root Cause Analysis
4. Recall the difference between the Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event and Florida’s definition of adverse event.
5. Discuss patient safety origins and National Patient Safety Goals.
6. Differentiate between adverse drug event and adverse drug reaction.
7. Describe some of the most common drugs involved in adverse drug events.
8. Recognize the importance of staying within a licensee’s scope of practice.
9. Describe the 5 right of delegation.
10. Relate circumstances under which to initiate the chain of command.
11. Discuss the importance of timely, adequate and accurate medical record documentation.
Credit: Approved for by the Florida Board of Nursing as satisfying, 2 CNE hour, licensure requirement. Course participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Contact: If you have any questions please feel free to contact SIPHELP at (352) 273-7006 or at SIPHELP@ad.ufl.edu.
Bibliographic Sources:
1. The Defensible Medical Record; http://www.thedoctors.com/KnowledgeCenter/PatientSafety/articles/CON_ID_000319
2. NursingCenter’s In the Round: 8 rights of medication administration; http://www.nursingcenter.com/Blog/post/2011/05/27/8-rights-of-medication-administration
3. Patient safety organization; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_safety_organization
4. The LEAPFROG GROUP; http://www.leapfroggroup.org/about_leapfrog
5. Galvin, Robert S.; Delbanco, Suzanne; Nilstein, Arnold and Belden, Greg: Has The Leapfrog Group Had An Impact On The Health Care Market? http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/24/1/228.full
6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Hospital-Acquired Conditions; http://www/cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond
7. The Joint Commission: Summary Data of Sentinel Events Reviewed by The Joint Commission; www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event.aspx
8. EndoNurse: Medication Safety: What You Can Do To Prevent Errors; http://www.endonurse.com/articles/2008/07/medication-safety-what-you-can-do-to-prevent-errors
9. American Nurses Credentialing Center; http://www.nursingcredentialing.org/
10. Medication Administration Safety-Patient Safety and Quality-NCBI Bookshelf: Chapter 37 Medication Administration Safety; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2656/?report=printable
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12. Nursing Center: The legalities of nursing documentation; http://www.nursingcenter.com/Inc/journalarticle?Article_ID=959265
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14. EyeNet Magazine: Burling-Phillips, Leslie; Practice Perfect: Compliance & Risk Management Documentation and EHRs: Avoid Some Common Pitfalls http://www.aao.org/publications/eyenet/201004/practice_perf.cfm
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17. Modern Medicine: Morgn, Diana W., RN MS: Legally Speaking-Going Up the chain of command; http://www.modernmedicine.com/news/legally-speaking-going-chain-command
18. Nursing January 2003; Advice on avoiding lawsuits; http://journals.lww.com/nursing/Fulltext/20203/01001/Advice_on_avoiding_lawsuits.11.aspx
19. Working Nurse: Clavreul, RN PHD: The Nursing Chain of Command; http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/the-nursing-chain-of-command
20. Neonatel Network: Smalls, Harriet Twiggs, BSN NNP-BC JD: Nursing Liability and Chain of Command, Vol 28, No. 6, November/December 2009
21. CNA Healthpro and Nurses Service Organization; Understanding Nurse Liability, 2006-2010: A Three-part approach
Objectives
Learning Objectives:
As a result of the participation in this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss the multiple factors propelling medical error prevention and patient safety efforts.
2. Review Joint Commission standards relating to Sentinel Events.
3. Distinguish between Failure Mode and Effect Analysis and Root Cause Analysis
4. Recall the difference between the Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event and Florida’s definition of adverse event.
5. Discuss patient safety origins and National Patient Safety Goals.
6. Differentiate between adverse drug event and adverse drug reaction.
7. Describe some of the most common drugs involved in adverse drug events.
8. Recognize the importance of staying within a licensee’s scope of practice.
9. Describe the 5 right of delegation.
10. Relate circumstances under which to initiate the chain of command.
11. Discuss the importance of timely, adequate and accurate medical record documentation.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate MEP for Nursing 2017
Learning Credits
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