Nursing Advocacy and Patient Safety Quiz

Nursing Advocacy and Patient Safety

• A nurse should advocate for a client's wishes by encouraging them to share their decisions with family and physicians.
• Advocating for a client involves identifying ethical issues and communicating the client's wishes to others.
• The primary role of a nurse advocate is to safeguard clients against abuse and violation of their rights.
• Nurses should not make treatment decisions for clients, but should keep them informed about their treatment orders and rights.
• When obtaining a telephone order for arterial blood gases, it is important to write down and read back the order to the physician.
• The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals require telephone orders to be validated for accuracy.
• If a client is unable to provide consent for a surgery, the durable power of attorney for healthcare (DPA) should provide consent if listed in the client's advance healthcare directive.
• The client's spouse or oldest adult child cannot provide consent if the client has a DPA.
• Nurses should be knowledgeable about patient safety goals and legal processes for obtaining consent.
• Advocacy involves defending a client's autonomy in decision making and assisting them in expressing their rights.
• Advocacy also involves respecting a client's wishes and indicating those wishes on the plan of care.
• The priority in advocacy is keeping the client safe and ensuring their rights are not violated.

Nursing Advocacy and Patient Safety

• A nurse should advocate for a client's wishes by encouraging them to share their decisions with family and physicians.
• Advocating for a client involves identifying ethical issues and communicating the client's wishes to others.
• The primary role of a nurse advocate is to safeguard clients against abuse and violation of their rights.
• Nurses should not make treatment decisions for clients, but should keep them informed about their treatment orders and rights.
• When obtaining a telephone order for arterial blood gases, it is important to write down and read back the order to the physician.
• The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals require telephone orders to be validated for accuracy.
• If a client is unable to provide consent for a surgery, the durable power of attorney for healthcare (DPA) should provide consent if listed in the client's advance healthcare directive.
• The client's spouse or oldest adult child cannot provide consent if the client has a DPA.
• Nurses should be knowledgeable about patient safety goals and legal processes for obtaining consent.
• Advocacy involves defending a client's autonomy in decision making and assisting them in expressing their rights.
• Advocacy also involves respecting a client's wishes and indicating those wishes on the plan of care.
• The priority in advocacy is keeping the client safe and ensuring their rights are not violated.

Nursing Advocacy and Patient Safety

• A nurse should advocate for a client's wishes by encouraging them to share their decisions with family and physicians.
• Advocating for a client involves identifying ethical issues and communicating the client's wishes to others.
• The primary role of a nurse advocate is to safeguard clients against abuse and violation of their rights.
• Nurses should not make treatment decisions for clients, but should keep them informed about their treatment orders and rights.
• When obtaining a telephone order for arterial blood gases, it is important to write down and read back the order to the physician.
• The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals require telephone orders to be validated for accuracy.
• If a client is unable to provide consent for a surgery, the durable power of attorney for healthcare (DPA) should provide consent if listed in the client's advance healthcare directive.
• The client's spouse or oldest adult child cannot provide consent if the client has a DPA.
• Nurses should be knowledgeable about patient safety goals and legal processes for obtaining consent.
• Advocacy involves defending a client's autonomy in decision making and assisting them in expressing their rights.
• Advocacy also involves respecting a client's wishes and indicating those wishes on the plan of care.
• The priority in advocacy is keeping the client safe and ensuring their rights are not violated.