NURS 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medication Therapy Management, Hospital-Acquired Infection, Disclose
27 Jan 2020
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Medical errors account for 28 000 deaths yearly. Now said to be the 3rd leading cause of death in canada after cancer and heart. Graduate competencies: responsibility and accountability, knowledge based practice, ethical practice, service to the public, self regulation, faculty of nursing competencies. Carna standards: responsibility and accountability, knowledge-based practice, ethical practice, service to the public, self-regulation. Carna medication management standards: safety, authority, competence, ethics. Health professions act: based on an ethic of caring and the goals and circumstances of those receiving nursing services, registered nurses apply nursing knowledge, skill and judgement to. But for test: requires the plaintiff to show that the injury would not have occurred but for the negligence of the defendant. Liability for injury from inadequately or improperly maintained equipment failing to provide proper measures for protecting a disturbed person from injuring themselves or others failing to provide efficient personnel failing to provide efficient care.
