Patient Safety and Ethics Flashcards
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What are the International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) adopted by Saudi healthcare facilities?
Answer: Correct patient identification, effective communication, high-alert medication safety, surgical safety, infection prevention, and fall prevention
The 6 IPSGs (JCI/CBAHI) adopted in Saudi hospitals: 1) Identify patients correctly, 2) Improve effective communication, 3) Improve safety of high-alert medications, 4) Ensure safe surgery (correct site/procedure/patient), 5) Reduce healthcare-associated infections, 6) Reduce patient falls.
What is informed consent and what are the nurse's responsibilities?
Answer: The nurse ensures the patient understands the procedure, witnesses the consent signature, and documents the process — the physician explains risks/benefits
Informed consent is the physician's responsibility to explain (procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives). The nurse's role: ensure patient understanding, witness the signature, verify the patient is competent and not coerced, and document. In Saudi Arabia, consent follows Islamic ethics and MOH guidelines.
What should a nurse do when a medication error occurs?
Answer: Assess the patient immediately, notify the physician, document the error, complete an incident report, and follow hospital protocol
After a medication error: 1) Assess patient immediately, 2) Notify physician and implement countermeasures if needed, 3) Notify charge nurse, 4) Document what happened, 5) Complete an incident/occurrence report, 6) Monitor the patient. Saudi hospitals emphasize a non-punitive reporting culture.
What is the nurse's ethical obligation regarding patient confidentiality?
Answer: Protect all patient health information, share only with authorized care team members on a need-to-know basis, and follow Saudi health data privacy regulations
Nurses must protect all patient information (health data, personal details, images). Information is shared only with authorized healthcare team members directly involved in care. Saudi health data privacy regulations and nursing ethics codes strictly enforce confidentiality.
What is the surgical safety checklist (WHO) and the nurse's role in its implementation?
Answer: A three-phase checklist (before anesthesia, before incision, before leaving OR) that the nurse helps lead to prevent surgical errors
The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has three phases: Sign In (before anesthesia — patient identity, consent, site marking), Time Out (before incision — team introduction, procedure confirmation), Sign Out (before leaving OR — counts, specimens, recovery plan). Nurses often lead the checklist.
What are the principles of the nursing code of ethics relevant to Saudi practice?
Answer: Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, veracity, and fidelity — applied within the framework of Islamic healthcare ethics
Nursing ethics principles: Autonomy (respect patient decisions), Beneficence (do good), Non-maleficence (do no harm), Justice (fair treatment), Veracity (truthfulness), Fidelity (keeping promises). In Saudi Arabia, these align with Islamic values of mercy, justice, and human dignity.
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