PN 1052 Unit 4 Safety PowerPoint PDF

Unit 4: Promoting a Safe Environment For your Patients, your Coworkers, & You PN 1052  Course Learning Outcomes Practice Demonstrate Safety measures Foundational nursing for clients, sel...

Unit 4: Promoting a Safe Environment For your Patients, your Coworkers, & You PN 1052  Course Learning Outcomes Practice Demonstrate Safety measures Foundational nursing for clients, self and skills to the healthcare compassionately suppo environment. rt the client with Activities of Daily Living. Demonstrate Demonstrate Practice Safe practice during Documentation related Safe, competent lifts and transfers. to Activities of Daily and professional nursin Living. g care.  Safety "doesn't happen by accident." -unknown  Emergency Codes Code Blue - Medical Emergency/Cardiac Arrest Code Red- Fire Code White- Violence/Aggression Code Purple- Hostage Code Yellow- Missing Person Code Black- Bomb Threat/Suspicious Package Code Grey- Shelter In Place/Air Exclusion Code Green- Evacuation Code Brown- Chemical Spill/Hazardous Material Code Orange- Mass Casualty AHS codes quick reference. (n.d.) Alberta Health Services.  Safety Incidents Harmful No Harm Near miss An incident where An incident that An incident that did there is harm to the reached the not reach the patient patient. patient but no harm and no harm was done. was done. (Savage, 2024) Risks in Care Settings "A nurse must be aware of common safety precautions and of the special risks to safety that are found in health care settings. A nurse must also be familiar with a patient’s developmental level, mobility, sensory and cognitive statuses, and lifestyle choices." (Savage, 2024. p. 875)  Factors that Affect Safety Patient & Provider Task Characteristics Characteristics Technology Environmental Organizational Factors Factors Factors (Savage, 2024)  Risks in Care Settings Staff Safety Patient Safety Environmental risk: Falls (account for up to Workplace Hazardous 90% of reported Materials Information incidents) System (WHMIS) Procedure-related Infection prevention accidents and control Equipment-related Violence accidents (Savage, 2024)  Risks in Care Settings Developmental Individual Infants and Children Lifestyle Adolescents Impaired Mobility Adults Sensory Older Persons or communication impairment Lack of safety awareness (Savage, 2024)  Group Think As a group, let's come up with some examples of things our patients might say that would indicate they would benefit from more education around safety at home. Post yours on the whiteboard! "In 2019, 161,539 Albertans visited emergency and urgent care and 18,702 were hospitalized due to a fall." (Alberta Health Services, 2024) Fall Prevention Assessment and communication about risks Proximity to nursing station Signage Improved patient hand off Scheduled toileting and safety rounds Environmental modifications (Savage, 2024)  Fall Prevention Environmental Modifications Exercise Interventions Footwear Podiatry Care And more! (Potter, 2025) Fall Assessment  “A restraint is a physical, chemical, or environmental means of controlling an individual’s behaviour or actions.” (Potter, 2025. p. 889) Least-Restraint Philosophy "A least-restraint approach is recommended to ensure highest-quality care." (Savage, 2024. p. 889) What does "least-restraint" mean? Why is it important? Run Time 3:56 (Alberta Health Services. 2019.)  Types of Restraints Physical Chemical Environmental Used to immobilize a Medication given to Some care settings patient or one or prevent a particular are designed with more of their behaviour or environmental extremities. movement. restraints, such as locked units. (Potter, 2025)  Legalities of Restraint Use Employer Requirements, Policies and Procedures CLPNA Guidelines (Potter, 2025) Alternatives to Restraints Provide Offer Companionship and Regular physical supervision, re- activity, diversionary orientation where activities and appropriate. explanations of all procedures. Ensure Use Patient's needs Calm, simple (toileting, hygiene, language and de- etc.) are being met. escalation techniques as needed. (Savage, 2024. p. 890)​  Injury Prevention and Intervention Fire/Burns Poisoning Suffocation Can be caused by Chemicals in How do you think we smoking, oxygen, medications, cleaning can prevent bathing and the use products and suffocation/asphyxiati of heating pads. disinfectants are on of a patient? often toxic. (Potter, 2025)  In case of Fire: REACT REMOVE ENSURE ACTIVATE Those in immediate Doors and windows are The fire alarm. danger. closed CALL TRY The fire department To extinguish the fire, if (911) safe to do so. AHS codes quick reference. (n.d.) Alberta Health Services.  Fire Extinguisher Use: PASS Pull the pin Aim at the base of the fire Squeeze trigger Sweep back and forth (Potter, 2025) AHS codes quick reference. (n.d.) Alberta Health Services.  Bedside Safety Checks Maintain appropriate bed height ✔ Ensure breaks are on at all times ✔ Call bell in reach ✔ Use anti-slip strips or footwear ✔ Bedside table stored on non-exit side ✔ Commode on exit side, with breaks on ✔ Use a nightlight ✔ Use height adjustable low beds to prevent injury from falls ✔ (Pedagogy Online Learning Systems. n.d.) Workplace Safety (WHMIS) WHMIS Hazard Symbols (Savage, 2024. p. 876)  Resources Alberta Health Services. (n.d.). Preventing falls. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/injprev/Page15787.aspx Alberta Health Services. (n.d.). Emergency response codes quick reference sheet. https://www.ualberta.ca/ophthalmology/media-library/documents/emergency-management/ercqui ckreferencesheetapril2015.docx Alberta Health Services. (2019, Jan. 7). Mountains and valleys- Annette's story [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXEjlDcBhwA Pedagogy Online Learning Systems. (n.d.). Bed safety checklist. Potter, (2025). Patient safety. (D. Turner, Cdn. Adapt.). In A. G. Perry, P. A. Potter, W. R. Ostendorf, & N. Laplante (Eds.) & Cobbett, S. L. (Cdn. Ed.), Perry and Potter’s Canadian clinical nursing (2nd ed., pp. 358-388). Elsevier. Savage, (2024). Quality and patient safety. (C. Backman, Cdn. Adapt.). In P. A. Potter, P. A. Stockert, A. G. Perry, & A. M. Hall (Eds.) & B. J. Astle & W. Duggleby (Cdn. Eds.), Potter and Perry’s Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., pp. 872-900). Elsevier.  Thanks! Do you have any questions? [email protected] +34 654 321 432 yourwebsite.com CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, and includes icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik Please keep this slide for attribution