Introduction To Medical-Surgical Nursing

Front 1

Define patients

Back 1

Recipients of care in mutually trusting relationships with nurses and other members of the health care team.

Front 2

Define The Joint Commision (TJC)

Back 2

Offers peer evaluation for accreditation every 3 years for all types of health care agencies that meet their standards.

Front 3

Define National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)

Back 3

These Goals require health care organizations to focus on specific priority safety practices.

Front 4

Name interventions to Save patient's lives

Back 4

Deploy Rapid Response Teams; Provide reliable, evidencebased care for acute myocardial infarction; Prevent central line infections; Prevent adverse drug events (ADEs); prevent surgical site infections; Prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

Front 5

Name interventions to prevent patient harm

Back 5

Prevent harm from High-Alert drugs(e.g., anticoagulants, insulin, opioids);Reduce surgical complications; Prevent pressure ulcers; Reduce MRSA infections; Provide reliable, evidencebased care for congestive heart failure; Get boards of health care organizations to support measures to promote safe patient care