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What is the primary goal of the international patient safety goal 'Identify patients correctly'?
What is the primary goal of the international patient safety goal 'Identify patients correctly'?
- To reduce the risk of health care associated infection
- To improve the safety of high alert medication
- To identify patients correctly to prevent wrong patient errors (correct)
- To improve effective communication among healthcare providers
Prior to conducting which of the following procedures must patient identification be confirmed?
Prior to conducting which of the following procedures must patient identification be confirmed?
- Before conducting any invasive procedure, obtaining blood and other specimens, and diagnostic tests (correct)
- Only before invasive procedures such as urethral catheterization
- Only before administering medications
- Only before transferring or discharging a patient
What is one of the key strategies to prevent patient harm?
What is one of the key strategies to prevent patient harm?
- To reduce the risk of healthcare associated infection
- To improve effective communication among healthcare providers
- To ensure correct site, correct procedure, correct patient surgery
- To always ensure the correct identity of the patient before undergoing procedures (correct)
What is one of the international patient safety goals?
What is one of the international patient safety goals?
What is the consequence of failure to correctly identify the patient?
What is the consequence of failure to correctly identify the patient?
What is the primary goal of the international patient safety goal 'Improve effective communication'?
What is the primary goal of the international patient safety goal 'Improve effective communication'?
What is a key strategy to prevent healthcare associated infection?
What is a key strategy to prevent healthcare associated infection?
What is the purpose of using a patient identifier?
What is the purpose of using a patient identifier?
What is a common element of an adversarial clinician-patient relationship?
What is a common element of an adversarial clinician-patient relationship?
What can lead to control of the interview or situation?
What can lead to control of the interview or situation?
What is a strategy to defuse anger in a patient?
What is a strategy to defuse anger in a patient?
What is an important aspect of working with difficult patients?
What is an important aspect of working with difficult patients?
What can lead to superficial behavior in clinicians?
What can lead to superficial behavior in clinicians?
What can be a challenge to effective communication in high-acuity situations?
What can be a challenge to effective communication in high-acuity situations?
What is important to strengthen in order to become a more effective historian?
What is important to strengthen in order to become a more effective historian?
What is a goal of patient education?
What is a goal of patient education?
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