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Unit 1
Specialty practice of medical-surgical nursing
Promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients 18 years and older
Nurses must have knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be
Care coordinators
Transition managers
Caregivers
Pt educators
Leaders
Advocates for the pt and family
The joint commission: effective care coordination and transition management
Understandable discharge instructions for the patient and family
Explanation of self-care activities
Ongoing or emergency care information
List of community and outpatient resources and referrals
Knowledge of the pts language, culture, and health literacy
Medication reconciliation
Safety
The ability to keep the patient and staff free from harm and minimize errors in care
Nursing safety priority boxes
Critical rescue
Action alert
Drug alert
The join commission: a culture of safety
Blame-free approach
Patients and families are safety partners w/hcp and organizations
Serious events must be reported
Teamwork and interprofessional collaboration
Collaborate with interprofessional health care team
Interprofessional education collaborative competencies
Values/ethics for interprofessional practice
Role-responsibilities
Interprofessional communication
Teams and teamwork
Communication: SBAR
Formal method of hand-off communication between two or more health care team
members
4 steps
s-situation (name, age, dx)
b-background (history, home meds, allergies)
A-assessment (ivs, v/s, labs)
Recommendation/request (plan, pt updates)
teamSTEPPS
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