Healthcare Excellence Canada
Launched in 2021 from merging Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Canadian foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Difference between incident and accident according to MSSS (Quebec)?
Incident: could have caused harm but did not reach the patient
Accident: did reach the patient (harm or no harm)
Primary purpose of completing an Incident or Accident report in healthcare?
To reduce risks of similar events happening in the future.
Bill 90 enacted three reserved activities for nurses, what are they?
What tool was developed to document them?
Clinical assessment, monitoring and follow-up for persons with health problems.
The Therapeutic Nursing Plan (TNP)
What does the TNP focus on?
Priority problems, reason for admission and high-level nursing directives for clinical follow-up.
Who is the sole professional responsible for completing and updating the TNP?
Nurses
What is a sentinel event?
An event that requires an in-depth analysis because it is evident that there are flaws in the process that resulted or could have resulted in serious consequences.
Where should a nurse communicate directives from the TNP to a PAB or orderly? Why?
On the PAB’s work plan because they are unregulated workers and they do not have access to the confidential chart of the patient.
What is the relationship between the TNP and progress notes?
The progress notes provide detailed clinical reasoning, assessments and evaluations that justify and support the information in the TNP.
The 2020 Safety Competencies Framework is designed to be a tool for what primary purpose?
Designing curricula to teach safety and quality in healthcare programs.
According to the OIIQ, a nurse’s documentation should be…?
- Relevant
- Concise
- Complete
- Organized
