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IV Therapeutics
Chpt. 1 Key Points
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 4 sources of law? | 1. Constitutional2. Statutory3. Administrative4. Common |
| Rules and principles that describe the powers of a government and the right of the people. | Constitutional Law |
| Formal laws ritten and enacted by federal, state, or local legislatures. | Statutory or Legislative laws |
| Form of law set by adminitrative agencies, such as the National Labor Relations Board & Interstate Commerce Commission. | Administrative law |
| Court made law, which includes malpractice. | Common law |
| Contract law and tort law are what form of law? | Civil law |
| Assault, battery, false imprisonment, restraints as a form of false imprisonment, defamation, and breach of confidentiality are what kind of tort? | Intentional tort |
| What are the 4 components required to prove liability for malpractice? | 1. Relationship of nurse's duty to patient2. Breach in the standard of care3. Patient must suffer actual harm or injury.4. Causual relationship b/w breach of duty & injury suffered. |
| An unjustifiable attempt or thrat to touch a person without consent that results in fear of immediately harmful or threatening physical harm. | Assualt |
| The unlawful, harmful, or unwarranted touching of another or the carrying out of threatened physical harm. | Battery |
| Performance Standards include: | 1. acceptable behavior for dept. & standards of practice.2. define: observable, measureable behavior3. job description & role of nurse4. role of leadership, organizational expectations.5. basis of performance appraisal |
| Standards of nursing include: | 1. STRUCTURE(organizational framework)2. PROCESS (patient procedures in health setting)3. OUTCOME (objectives or goals of patient care) |
| Key components of Risk Management. | Quality management & performance improvement |
| Elements necessary for INFORMED CONSENT are: | INFORMATION ELEMENTS: benefits & risks, alternative procedures including benfit and risk, qualification of provider.CONSENT ELEMENTS: waiver of consent, voluntary consent, limits of consent, pt. must know options & risks even if they don't want to know. |
| What should be documented on an Unusual Occurence Report? | Patient admit dx, date of incident, room #, age of pt., location, type, & nature of incident, factual description, pt's condition b/f incident, results of incident or injury. |
| According to the Infusion Nurses Society SOP, what should be documented? | Type, length, and guage of vascular access devise, date, time of insertion, number & location of attempts, pt. tolerance, site condition/appearance using assessment for phlebitis, infiltration/extravasation. |
| Examples of medical device problems: | Loose or leaking catheter hubs, occluded cannula, defective infusion pump tubing, contaminated infusates, Misleading labeling, inadequate packaging, cracked or leaking IV solution bag. |
| Occupational risks associated with infusion therapy include: | Biologic hazards of bloodborne pathogensNeedlestick injuriesAbrasions and contusionsChemical exposureLatex allergy |
| The three parts of a competency-based program include: | Competency statementCriterial or learningEvaluation |
| A tool used to report a critical incident is: | Unusual occurrence report. |
| The Safe Medical Device Act requires that medical device-related deaths be reported to: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| Agency that tracks and provides an avenue for reporting bloodborne exposures is: | Exposure Prevention Informatin Network (EPINet) |
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