NURS 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Breakcore, Organizational Culture, Electronic Health Record
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Adverse event: unintended harm caused by medical care, not by the underlying condition of the patient. A preventable adverse event is on that under the circumstances could have been avoided. Benchmark: an attribute or achievement that serves as a standard for other providers or institutions to emulate. Checklist: algorithmic listing of actions to be performed for a speci c procedure or process designed to ensure that no step will be overlooked. Competency: the ability to clearly demonstrate the knowledge, skills attitudes, and professional judgement required to practice safely and ethically in a designated role or setting. Error: the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of an incorrect plan to achieve an aim. A near miss is when an incident does not cause harm or a potential error is recognized before it happens, thus is prevented.
